Bolivia – Vamos a Bailar

Bolivian specialties

eric — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 17:08:45 +0000

Some of my nice culinary experiments Food Charquekan Dried beef, salt cheese, egg and white corn. Pique macho A meal with pieces of beef, fried potatoes, onion, sausage, tomatoes, peppers, spicy peppers and egg. Aji de Fideo Meal with pasta, chopped beef, vegetables Picante de Lengua Beef tongue. The “Picante” is the type of way […]

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Death Road on bike: From 4700 meters to 1600 meters

eric — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 15:17:05 +0000

The Death Road is the previous main road between the Altiplano and the Amazonian jungle. Made of earth, narrow, wet, everything for creating a dangerous road. Many accidents occurred for the condition reasons or for the craziness of the Bolivian drivers. Now, a newly paved road replaces this old one. The top The initial part […]

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Huayna Potosi: Get closer to the stars at 6088 meters

eric — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:40:02 +0000

Huayna Potosi, a mountain close to La Paz, a mountain with a summit at 6088 meters, a mountain I am going to climb, no, a mountain I climbed. I booked a 3 days tour that took me to the top. Day 1: First Base Camp Arriving We left La Paz early in order to be […]

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Toro Toro: In the footsteps of Dinosaurs

eric — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:10:03 +0000

Toro Toro City The city of Toro Toro was located 5 hours bus ride from the main city Cochabamba. The city was very small and simple, they got electricity 10 years ago. Still now, lots of people are doing the laundry in the river. As an anecdote, I found only one washing machine in the […]

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From Tupiza to the Uyuni salt flat

eric — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:52:04 +0000

Tour I did the tour with Natural Adventure, the agency down the hostel. We were one driver, one cooker (we never saw, but she cooked well!!), and 5 tourists. 4 French and 1 Italian, so we spoke mostly French in the car. Lots of images are better for living this trip. Day 1 – South […]

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Tupiza on red rocks

eric — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:22:16 +0000

Arriving late I left Sucre in the morning, early. My first bus took me until Potosi, where I changed midday for another bus. This second and last bus drove me until Tupiza. The second bus is almost 2 times longer than the first one: 5 hours. Hopefully, the landscapes are really beautiful. This will be […]

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Into the mines of Potosi

eric — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:20:44 +0000

Potosi is a high city around 4000 meters high overhung by the Cerro Rico. Cerro Rico is the 4500 meters high mountain that overtakes everything around. Inside stands the mine, previously renowned by the Spanish for the silver they extracted, now for the hard work it is. 3 hours inside the hell On the road […]

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My crush on Sucre

eric — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:36:37 +0000

After being sick when I arrived, I continued to suffer due to the altitude. Sucre is located at 2,700 meters high. At the beginning, I got a headache and difficulties to eat. Only after three weeks of being at this altitude or higher, I could be normal again. Aside from this trouble, I was able […]

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Santa Cruz: my first contact with the Bolivian culture

eric — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 18:48:29 +0000

Welcome to Bolivia I arrived by plane from Sao Paulo. This was a huge shock between the messy city of Sao Paulo and the quietness of Santa Cruz. The country is cheap as a lot of people told me. However, it is also far less developed that the other countries I have visited so far. […]

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