Hotel Rosario La Paz

Arrived safely in Bolivia and had no problems getting our visas at the airport--everyone was very friendly despite the recent "let's kick out each other's ambassadors" actions of Bolivia, Venezuela and the US. The drive from the airport passed pro-Morales graffitti everywhere. Our only drama in getting to Bolivia was discovering that our travel agent hadn't actually booked our tickets, just reserved them. So we had to buy them on the spot, which was not cheap. So that will be a fun headache t...

It's official--I really like La Paz. It's crowded and chaotic, but colorful and beautiful and CHEAP! Yesterday we wandered around and paid for our various tours, saw the Church of San Franciscoand had lunch ($4 each for a 3 course meal with drinks) and walked through the streets of various handicraft vendors. As you walk around, you can see canyon walls in the distance with adobe-style houses clinging to the slopes. Dinner was llama medallions and Andean lamb stew. Today John went off to do h...

Wednesday Arrived after a very long day of travelling. The airport is at 4000 meters so was feeling a little breathless. Taxi ride down in to the city was interesting with all the ****** roads and wild dogs everywhere. Got to the hotel which was really nice and was in bed by 2. Woke up fairly early and went to brekkie. Texted Matty to see where they were and they appeared 15 mins later. They were staying in the same hotel but hadnīt told me... While they had brekkie i got treated to my first ...

Everyone, I finally uploaded my pictures - they can be seen at the following link - please check them out and let me know if they come through okay! http://picasaweb.google.com/benbethel/2 00609SouthAmerica Okay, so we arrived in La Paz after the nightmare of a bus ride, grabbed our bags and caught a cab to our hotel just a short distance away. This is a busy, but typical central/south american city: shops and stalls everywhere selling everything, but there's some weird sort of order where al...

Nous partons a l'heure prevue et ce trajet s'avera le plus fou que je n'aurais jamais pris. Le bus emprunte une route d'environs 3.50 m a flanc de montagne avec des precipices vertigineux. La saison des pluies fait que la route est parsemee de minis torrents qui parfois en erodent une partie. Une fois le bus s'arrete et les hommes descendent remplir le fosse de pierres. A chacunes des tetes d'epingle, le bus tangue et manque de chavirer, je suis crispe sur mon siege. Plus tard, on arrive a Im...

Le matin, je pars a l'office du tourisme en quete d'information. Je rencontre Magda, une veille dame francaise qui travaille dans une ecole ici depuis 8 ans. Elle me renseigne sur la parc nationnal, le chemin de l'inca et me donne l'adresse de L'Alliance francaise pour plus d'info. Nous visitons la ville, son marche et ses nombreux comedores avec les marmittes a meme la rue. L'apres midi, nous partons pour le lago San Juancito, un lac artificiel cree pour les week-end des gens de Tarija. C'es...

Nous nous levons tard. Nous partons dejeuner avec Magda et Katia a la taverne Gattopardo (le resto ou nous passons le plus de temps ici), tres bon et tres agreable. Normallement nous aurions du nous preparer a partir pour faire le chemin de l'Inca local mais nous ne nous sentons pas trop et preferons se reserver ce genre de trek pour les alentours de La Paz. Apres midi tranquille, cette ville est morte en semaine entre 13h et 17h mais alors le dimanche, il ne faut pas esperer croiser un truc ...

Today we left Peru and I must say the country has a lot to offer. Firstly the local people and their great hospitality. They are so proud of their country and traditions. The sceneries are just breathtaking, mostly in the Andes. The Inca history is just beautiful and very interesting. On the other hand, the poverty was huge and I was touched by the peoples quality of live. Heute haben wir Peru verlassen und ich muss sagen dieses Land hat wirklich viel zu bieten. Am meisten haben mich die Mens...

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There are a lot of things to consider when preparing for an expedition, bookings for accommodation, excursions to organise, equipment to check and double check, mechanical work to be done, cleaning and shopping. One of the key players in preparing for a trip is our support vehicle driver Leo Schultze. A German national, Leo traveled to South America on his Honda Africa twin from Alaska all the way down, working along the way in various jobs to make ends meet. Having fallen in love with the co...