Tag: Bolivia
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El Teleférico
Things do not change much in La Paz. The people are always stone-faced and busy, the city is a little smelly, and the empanadas are forever amazing. However, a ride in the teleférico, which is a popular mode of transportation within La Paz, helped me to see the city in a new light. It was […]
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Coroico, Bolivia
I went to Coroico yesterday to meet up with Grace who (to the best of my knowledge) was finishing cycling down Death Road. I got to the hostel where we were supposed to meet. It was around 1:30 in the afternoon. She hadn’t checked in yet, which was a bit concerning, but it was still […]
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La Paz, Bolivia
I only have a week left in Bolivia. Time goes by so fast! I did the Red Caps walking tour and was given an overwhelming amount of information about the country. There were a few travelers on the walking tour that I had met in Sucre, making me realize it is an incredibly small world! […]
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The Potosi Silver Mines
Today, I very last minute decided to do the mining tour in Potosi. After arriving in the bus terminal from Sucre and being told I had a solid nine hours before the next bus left for La Paz, I thought “Why not?” I took my first micro bus which is basically a public taxi. Anyone […]
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Mirada
Grace was not feeling better the next morning, but she was not presented many options to leave the tour. So, like the trooper she was, she left with us in the jerky, nauseating jeep. I got to see my first volcano today, many volcanos actually, both dormant and active. We saw mountains, giant cacti, and […]
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Salar de Uyuni
Our bus arrived in Uyuni at 4:30 in the morning, and we were rushed off the bus in a swarm of men and women trying to sell Salt Flat tours. Thanks to the fact that our bus was a fancy “cama” bus or bed bus, we slept decently and decided to start our tour that […]
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Getting Electrocuted in Copacabana
Off we went from Copacabana on a two-hour boat ride to Isla del Sol. Stepping off the boat, it occurred to me that this was my first time on an island. There were little cottages that dotted the hillside. The island was swarming with alpaca, donkey, and sheep, and I felt like I had been […]
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The Bus Ride from Rurrenabaque to La Paz
It rained this morning. Finally, rain in the Rainforest! Unfortunately, this made the mosquitos worse, and I woke up covered in big swollen bites. I counted later, and I had LITERALLY over 150 bites. The activity planned for that morning was swimming with dolphins. However, our group wasn’t too fond of going into the river […]
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Hunting for Anacondas and Fishing for Piranha in the Amazon
This morning I woke up to a beautiful sunrise. The clouds framed the bottom of the sky like a mountain range. They were dark clouds at first, that were soon illuminated by the first light of the sun. They turned red, and the light quickly began to hit everything in its path. It peered through […]
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My First Day In The Amazon
We began our tour of the Amazon today! There was a couple from Oxford, England in our hostel that recommended a wonderful restaurant for breakfast that served “granola with mangos.” Please say this out loud in your best British accent. It was very dreamy. After breakfast, we boarded the land rover with two other solo […]
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