Residencial Bolivar Santa Cruz

... and it was very hot and very humid. We were a bit lazy and just picked a hostel out of the lonely planet - Residencial Bolivar.  The rooms were set around a very pretty courtyard which was filled with tropical plants, hammocks and even two pet ...

... a relief. Infact the hostel we stayed at has been the cleanest so far in South America. Just to let you know I'm stopping at residencial bolivar in Bolivia if anyone wants to pop round. Its clean has hot showers,its near the centre and only costs 3 ...

... sandwich and watched the endless stream of drunk, rich white kids wander back and forth is when I finally understood what makes Santa Cruz different.  The Cruceños, as the people are called here, are what really set it apart.  Based ...

After a gruelling 16 hour bus journey we arrived in Santa Cruz, smelly, tired, and generally fed up. We shouldnt complain really as the journey was alot worse for most of the others on the bus! We set off from Sucre on a bus that was alot more reasonable ...

... regional train. Sophie said she could not pack up in time and wanted to rest her leg, so we decided to stay another night in Santa Cruz and catch the comfortable train the next day. Sophie takes over the blog…. Yes, so Ryan felt we had enough time ...

We are doing a quick stop in Santa Cruz before leaving for Brazil. The plane from La Paz was a mess delayed many times..Santa Cruz seems nice. There are a lot of huge mansions..wonder where the money comes from..!! The main square is really nice to hang ...

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... . I was kinda sick for the first couple days, so I checked into a hotel. After I got better I moved to a hostel called Residencial Bolivar. It was a really nice place. They also had two Tucan Grandes as pets. Thier wings were clipped and they lived free ...

... precise, I decided against it as it is too much time and I wanted to see Samaipata.  This is a little place 2.5 hours from Santa Cruz and has nothing.  It has cascadas.......which you need to get to about 1.5 hours more, Che´s place of death - ...

... , got out and walked to our replacement bus, it all went a hell of a lot smoother then I expected in Bolivia! Checked into Residencial Bolivar right in the centre of town....right next to an amazing loking cake shop! South America seems to have a thing ...

... bumpy old train til 10:30! Arrive Santa Cruz, jump into a strange taxi (dashboard on the passenger side!!) for short trip to Residencial Bolivar. Nice spot, hammocks & a toucan in the courtyard! Stroll about town, pop to a local womans house with our ...

... very little about... Please see below a copy of an email I sent to Chris (our friend from Sucre) RE the sticker swapping scene of Santa Cruz: Mate, the sticker scene is buzzin' up here in Santa Cruz! I started the day off needing just ninety to finish the ...

The flight from Salvador to Santa Cruz, Bolivia went reasonably well... excluding the fact that I had foolishly forgotten to remove my knife from my day pack, so I didnt quite clear security first time round!  After a fair amount of discussion with ...

... near the centre and walked to the square for some food at ‘Lorca’ a nice bar/restaurant just off the main square. Santa Cruz is a more affluent city than La Paz, but aside from the main square it was nothing special to look at. The sky also ...

... bathroom lock being discovered. The most exciting thing about being here is that my hostel has 2 resident toucans, who are spectacular. Santa Cruz is really tropical - hot and humid, with a corresponding slowness in its atmosphere which suits me fine - I ...

nach ca. 18 h busfahrt sind wir ca. 3000 m tiefer und 20 grad waermer in santa cruz angekommen. endlich wieder raus aus den langen hosen und dem warmen pulli. knappe 35 grad und eine erdrueckende feuchtigkeit warten nun wieder auf uns. im hostel ...

Hot, sweaty, and not quite typical Bolivia is what met us in Santa Cruz when we rolled in at 6:30 am. The bus trip in was less than stellar, and Josh and I were both looking forward to passing out for a few more hours. After checking in (YES! They had a ...

!Hola! Just a very quick hi from Santa Cruz, as I about to get on a bus to Ascuncion de Guarayos, and from there to the parque! Very very excited to be going back, hopefully by the end of the day I will have seen Lazycat for the first time in over 2 ...

Santa cruz! what a relief after that stinking bus, where the skumyy people behind us pissed on the floor and thats where my bag just happend to be! Well actually that was the best bus we´ve been on so far especially with Jody and I passing back and forth ...

... but, nevertheless, I admired their spirit and would have joined in if I knew the language. I opted for the nearby Residencial Bolivar hostel and was not disappointed with what I found behind the innocuous blue entrance door. It has a pleasant, leafy ...