Hotel Las Palmas Santa Cruz

... just being nice to the new guy. I got him out the cage, went around that short loop with him (the cats set the pace, decide when to stop, sleep or go...pretty much everything. Your job is to keep them on their trail and only allow them to walk one way around it...no going back), came back, runnered him, played fetch, fed him and got him back in the cage. Phew!

Indeed, he was probably too perfect, as you only learn the finer points of what the hell you should be doing ...

... man who enjoyed trying to break the world record of skidding near cliffs. I my self loved to bunny hop off every jump i could, and ride the concrete walling near the edges. The entire way our guide who spoke some English kept repeating "please be careful, please please be careful." He wasn't excited on how much we enjoyed tempting death. Finally after 4 hours we reached coroica or (something along that name) and enjoyed a nice buffet ...

Nous arrivons vers 11h à Santa Cruz (415 m). Ne sachant pas trop quoi faire, nous prenons un hebergement pres du terminal de bus. Il y en des dizaines et choisissons l'Alojamiento Las Palmeras. Puis nous partons dans le centre. Malgres son rang de 1ere ville bolivienne, Santa Cruz a garde un cote petite capitale proinciale tropicale. La ...

... officials which is the right visa and entry stamps to look at! The flight itself was no biggie. We spent most of the flight looking at our travel books to figure out a route and things to do in our upcoming trips to the UK. And GOL still gives out free sandwiches and drinks to ALL passengers (take that all you US airlines). Upon arrival is when the fun began... Viru Viru International airport also isn't a huge airport ...

... plates of chicken and rice and trying to tempt us to buy some, we were cautious of this and therefore resigned ourselves to nibbling on a bit of carrot cake that we still had left over from our luxurious stay in Sao Paulo! The scenery through Bolivia is wonderful, albeit conducive to various bugs (Chris was getting very antsy and paranoid before he fell asleep) but i have come armed with my 50% DEET repellent! Next stop Uyuni x

Santa Cruz was only meant to be a night stop over, from where we would catch our night train into Brazil. However due to the current violent protests in Bolivia there were train blockades meaning we had to stay an extra night and then at our own expense catch a flight to the Bolivia/Brazil border. We didn't really do much in Santa Cruz as ...

... a porter for the day to carry our packs as even the guide said he was going to find it tough and he's been doing it for 3 years! Anyway, it was very reminiscent of Mt Kinabalu as you are greeted with relentless steps, slopes and barely any flats at all during the 10-12K days trek. We also hit the highest point during this day. 4,200m above sea level. We all stopped here for a while and enjoyed a few minutes of rest before we continued on our way ...

... had our books, so the train journey thankfully went faster than expected. The upside was, we saw absolutely breathtaking scenery along the way, including an awesome sunset. The sunflower fields were a huge expanse of bright yellow. Santa Cruz has been a lovely city with lots of cafes, shopping, parks in the centre, and laundry services!! Oh yes.

... the boot "come on let´s go! Quickly! Let´s go and buy the ticket! The bus is leaving! Now, now, now!" (it was at that time 4.00pm and the bus was leaving at 4.00pm). So we ran, they more or less carrying everything for us. We made quicly the ticket, handed out the money and a girl took us to the bus, looking pretty miserable apart from the fact that it was newly painted. The inside was probably 50years ...

... the foundation money so that next month every family could receive a portion of fruit along with their current portions. I am also returning in 2 weeks and am taking and taking 90 of the kids to the Circus!!! Will be unreal and a real treat for them!!!

If you have found this page by search engine and are interested in volunteering with FAMUNDI please see my other entry called info for Volunteers in Santa Cruz, Bolivia where i ...