Across the Andes by Blog

Daily life for the lovely ladies in central La Paz. Though such a one colour city with the use of just orange bricks down on the streets are vibrant and full of colour with markets and street vendors selling almost … Continue reading →

10th June Ben’s birthday in Bolivia. The boy has a hangover at high altitude and he looks as orange as the city. A sleep in, and a day spent booking our trip and airfares to Rurrenabque, the Bolivian amazon. Found … Continue reading →

Nobbies are in the world’s highest capital, La Paz at 3700m. Slightly feeling puffed up the steep streets and feeling the cold again. Hostel has free coca leaves which help. It’s Ben’s birthday in oz so we celebrate it with … Continue reading →

A folk dance festival represented by the various universities from the different regions around Bolivia. Apparently they dance for six hours or more throughout the streets of Sucre. Such colourful costumes. This is our last day in Sucre and Nobbies … Continue reading →

Local markets are fun. Especially the butchers (carniceria) and particularly the name of the carne called BeniAna! They also love their sweets in Bolivia, these cakes are common in the markets all decorated either with a jam glaze chocolate sauce … Continue reading →

A Bolivian traditional dance show was recommended to us. Fabulous to see the costumes from all the different states in Bolivia and a good catch up with our fellow travellers Fernando and Katherine. On the way home had a wee … Continue reading →

In between Spanish lessons homework and just sitting around the hostel chatting we do manage to get out and hang around the main plaza of Sucre. Such a beautiful plaza area too. Do love our plazas in South America. Wish … Continue reading →

Part of what makes our journey memorable is the fabulous people who have crossed our path. In Sucre our hostel had a great vibe with wonderful travellers most staying for a week and learning Spanish. One of the girls had … Continue reading →

We love Sucre, beautiful white colonial city and the hostel has Spanish lessons on offer. Nobbies need more practice so we enrol for the rest of the week with a fabulous teacher

Next stop is Sucre. A three hour local bus from Potosi to Sucre stopping in little towns. Bolivia is certainly an interesting country and I’d love to be more confident with street photography especially here when you see a man … Continue reading →