San Marino Royal Hotel Sucre

... einen Sitzplatz hatten, die Luft im Bus staubig und die Strasse fast nicht vorhanden war. Im Bus sass noch ein Paar aus Frankreich, aber sonst nur Bolivianer, die alle in den einheimischen Trachten gekleidet waren. Am Anfang der Fahrt gab es nicht viel zu sehen, ab und zu stand in der Landschaft eine kleine Lehmhuette. Nach zwei Stunden wurde die Fahrt dann angenehmer, da zwei Sitzplaetze frei wurden und dir Landschaft langsam aber sicher gruener wurde.<br><br>In Tupiza angekommen ...

... Apparantly Chavez was trying to change the capital to La Paz.... <br>It does seem to be a city full of schools though....I seemed to be either running into school kids on their way to school or coming back from it which is around 1pm and all the girls seem to wear white lab coats over trousers....strange uniform!<br>We organised to do a easy hike to see some heiroglyphs? (sorry, not idea how to spell it) ie ...

... Kate was pleased!!!! After a little bit of exploring the city we relaxed in the hotel´s courtyard before heading to dinner.<br><br>The next day we had the chance to visit an all girl´s orphanage, firstly we stopped at the local market to buy the girl´s some gifts including, bananas, eggs, washing powder and make-up!!! It was a really eye opening experience and although we felt sad for the girl´s ...

... by nails. The door was a little tricky, it took us a while to get the knack of forcing it shut over the floor without taking out chips of the whitewash. There was a little table and a few chairs. There was a so called double bed for the two of us, which was in fact just larger than a twin. Also one of the more uncomfortable beds I have slept in, even if it was just one person and you did not need to lie on the hard side bit. It was my least favorite part ...

... then because the 2 toilet stops we were promised never materialised. We got to a place called Potosi about 7 hrs in at 2am and half the bus got off so I was chuffed we could spread out a bit and maybe get some sleep but my joy was short lived as 5 minutes later the bus stopped again and the conductor was yelling Sucre. Now I know we were not there yet but I could see our bags being loaded onto the pavement so we got off and were directed to another bus over the street. At this point we ...

... nothing apart from staring out across the city. We all soon realised that we were on the same "Gringo trail" through Bolivia and therefore agreed to travel to Potosi together the following morning.<br><br>Sucre was an interesting place for a couple of days but not sure it was worth the arduous bus journeys that were involved in getting there and moving on. Mind you, nowhere in Bolivia is particularly comfortable to travel long distances.<br>

... studying as it turned out that the guided tours we had later on were mostly only Spanish speaking. Weren't we clever? :p Well, the school was very funny as it also offered free volleyball classes, salsa classes and parties, and we definitely enjoyed to be students again! :)<br><br>The Bolivians also were very charming. For instance, the owner of the hostel where we stayed at was very friendly and he invited us several times to a mate ...

... ana, I left and had a wander round some of the other stalls.<br><br>Having checked out all manner of random goods and foodstuffs, and finding the dodgy DVD section did not have the Michael Jackson concert I wanted, I had a wander round the general vicinity of the hostel and found that there was a Kodak shop on the north-west corner of the plaza that did repairs. Incidentally, on the way up to the plaza I started to crack up as I passed a guy who appeared to be in some kind of blissful ...

... bought their tickets to La Paz, in preparation for the flight home in several days´ time. We went to a bar nearby and had some food. I was feeling shocking, though when I ordered for some reason I thought I´d order the medium fajitas, not realising that this consisted of two massive ones. When they arrived, I was feeling decidedly wrong again, and took about twenty minutes to eat only one. I had to leave the other one as I was feeling ...

... discussed this topic with several travelers and we never come to any meaningful conclusion. For now, I guess I'll write it off as something I don't understand and try to avoid them as much as required to ensure I continue to have a good time and meet good people. <br><br>Oh - the last week has also included the loss of my iPod (my fault) and one of my ATM cards. I left it in a machine and the next person came along and withdrew $150USD!