Santa Cruz to the Pantanal

Trip Start Jun 03, 2008
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Trip End Aug 11, 2008


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Sunday, July 20, 2008

 On Sunday we left Sucre and flew to Santa Cruz. Unfortunately by the time we arrived nearly everything had shut except for the supermarket. However we did manage to get to climb up the bell tower of the cathedral to get excellent views over the city. Also there was a big Peruvian festival in the main square so saw many of their traditional dances performed.

The next day we took another flight to Puerto Suarez on the Bolivian-Brazilian border. The flights were ok, much better than what I expected from Bolivian airlines, although the planes were at least 30 years old. We got a taxi to the Bolivian border and had to bride the guards 10 Bolivianos(1 euro approx) each to get them to stamp our passports to leave the country!!

That evening we stayed in Corumba in Brazil which was our base for the Pantanal excursion beginning the next day. Very small town, not much to do or see. Weather was very very hot and had a nice pool in the hostel.

Was glad to have survived Boliva without getting sick, most people get some sort of food poisoning there. The country as a whole is very poor and very cheap for travellers. The highlights are definately Death Road, the Salt Plains and the mines at Potosi although there is long distances between each one. However it is a country definately worth visiting if you have the time
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