Los Tajibos Hotel & Convention Center - A Summit Hotel Santa Cruz

... the cat is being a complete *******. That happened on days 3/4. He`d stop for long breaks, refuse to head back to the cage, try and take alternate routes...and jump a lot. That`s when i learned how to really handle him - and although it`s rarely physically demanding, it requires 110% of your concentration to try to second guess the cat all the time, from body language and behavior - `crazy eyes` being a surefire indicator to brace yourself -so that you can stop it trying ...

... at the hostel. Arriving at around 3 in the afternoon, it was probably the greatest experience of my life. Absolutely the greatest bike ride of my life, and for only 35 dollars it was pleasing to my wallet.

Even more....the bus ride up.

Thankfully we did not take the bus back up the death road, but problems still lie ahead. After a few hours in the bus, nearing la paz high in the mountains we meet up with snow. Excited to ...

... centrale est tres charmante avec ses bancs, ses arbres tropicaux et ses vendeurs de cafes ambulants. La population est tres differente du reste de la Bolivie andine : plus riche, plus chic et moins typee (surement plus coloniale). Nous nous posons dans un cafe puis marchons un peu avant de rentrer epuises par le voyage de la veille.

... Bolivianos left and don't want to take out more so am focussing on doing nothing until I can fly to Buenos Aires tomorrow! Spent this afternoon hanging out in the main square, reading and enviously watching some local guys play chess at specially constructed tables with built-in chessboards. I wished I had someone to play with but didn't have the nerve to challenge any of the locals to a game!

... was very little to see. We walked through the local markets and then resigned to the pub. After landing at the border we had yet more problems as the immigration office was also blockaded. As we needed an exit stamp from the country we acquired one illegally at a price...by now though we would have paid anything to get out of Bolivia.

... the campsite. Once at the campsite we we were again greeted by our tents already being erected and food being prepared by our "super-porters". I also aggravated an old injury that first came to light when I was road running in Chile, when honoring a drunken bet with a Norwegian girl. The ligament to the left of my left knee just seems to want to make my leg buckle. I was very grateful when I arrived at the site and the days trekking was over. We ...

... up to much here. We checked into a hotel and decided to recuperate after our jungle exploits. We did a good bit of walking around the city, and it is actually a really nice city. There is a big plaza in the middle and you would think that you are in Europe, not one of the poorest countries in South America. Although Santa Cruz is meant to be the ...

... Anyway, there was nobody to put our bags in the boot so i took the initiative of opening it myself, and there inside was a baby sheep. Yeah all alone, so little, shouting to get out, it was a bit of a shock. After about an hour only, we had a flat tyre, so we could get out of the bus, one hour was gone and still 14 to go and we already had to change the tyre. The road was scary as hell, we kept ...

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