Hotel Independencia Sucre

... middle of the night. Economy class on an aeroplane seems like business class compared to this experience! Funnily enough the rooms in the hotel in Sucre still had sleeping guests in them at 5.30am, so we had to wait for a few hours until they were ready. ...

... trip, which was not pleasant.  Not sure anyone got any sleep!  To make matters worse, when we arrived at our hotel in Sucre at 5.30am we were told there were no rooms available yet and we would have to wait until after 11 when people had ...

... Sucre just before 3pm, and I headed straight to the laundromat because I was totally out of clean clothes.  Then Kirsty and I went for a late lunch and a walk around the city.  The hotel in Sucre is really nice, with open atriums in the ...

... bus but we all paid 10 Bolivianos ($1.50) to go in a private bus. We left the Potosi hotel at 3.30pm and arrived at the Sucre hotel at 7pm. I managed to stay awake the whole way! We had one stop on the way at a viewpoint of a beautiful old Colonial ...

... . The highlight of the visit was the guide we had. He was very enthusiastic and animated.     Driving around Sucre it's apparent that the people here are a bit better off than in other cities in Bolivar. The way people are dressed and ...

... do with our free day tomorrow. We then walked around, stopping at some markets and purchasing some warm clothing for the salt flats. Sucre is the country's official capital and is situated at nearly 2800m above sea level. It is a city of great historical ...

... were going (much to their embarrassment) but it was all good fun. On the way back to the hotel we stopped at a little town not far from Sucre for some ´refreshments´. We stopped at this dodgy looking doorway and followed our guide inside to what ...

... group to get back from the city tour. I went for dinner at 7pm with about 8 of the group. The rest stayed drinking in the hotel. I ordered my food and then nipped out to the laundry to collect my stuff but it wasn´t ready and was told to go back at ...

... do salt fields trip afterwards.  bit change of plans but it should work.  tomorrow should be a better day.  we leave sucre so already it looks likely to improve.  sorry bout the long moan here, has just been very frustrating day.  ...

... .  It is the constitutional capital of Bolivia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is named after a revolutionary called Antonio Jose de Sucre, as opposed to having anything to do with Sugar.  It was established by the Spanish due to the area being rich ...

... to Adhamar and Lucy and went back to the hotel. I found most of the rest of the group sitting in the courtyard of the hotel and I sat and chatted with them. My shoulders and arms were already starting to hurt and I had banged my leg and that was also ...

Today is another fairly lazy day. Ange is feeling slightly better but decides to stay in the hotel room all day. I spend the day chilling out around the hotel with the rest of the tour group in the morning before having a walk around town with Rob in the ...

Today is a quiet day. Most people are busy doing activities around Sucre today but I decide just to have a lazy day as I don´t fancy any of the activities. Ange is supposed to go horse riding but she doesn´t feel very well so spends the whole day in ...

... with lots of pauses - a complete change from Cecilia who spoke pretty fast. Initially he drove Chris mad! Tonight we're in the Hotel Independencia, again near the town square, so well done GAP - or I should say G Adventures because they've changed their ...

... Andres Cordero met us there.  Seems very laid back.  We also met our local guide Nella.  I chilled in my hotel room in Hotel Independencia then we had a meeting in the evening to meet the rest of our new group.  I´m sharing with a ...

... a dog that had run out in the road and all the girls in the car were really upset. We eventually made it to the hotel in Sucre and our guide complained to the company - the reason we'd used them was for efficiency and comfort and it hadn't turned out ...

... water balloons (unfortunatly Mary wasnt so lucky and had a bit of a black eye from one). Our last day at the hotel in Sucre was certainly a memorable one as a full on brass band arrived in through reception and danced and sang and were generally loud for ...

Feeling much better, I went with Kirsty to see the Casa de la Libertad this morning.  This building was the original home of Bolivia's government, before it was moved to La Paz.  I spent the afternoon just sitting and reading in the central ...

... finally left behind the tropical weather and the mosquitos that come with it (yes!) and entered the central highlands of Bolivia. Sucre is the official capital and is a small, charming city with lovely tree-lined squares, churches and colourful markets. ...