So after a night of coughing that keep me awake all night and Claire was the collateral damage. We visited the Pharmacy. We believe we’ve been to a pharmacy for six straight days now! I got some Loperamide for the…
The shared taxi to Potosi
We started the morning with a discovery of the Convent of San Felipe. A wonderful old building that has a nice courtyard and also a rooftop to wander around on. We thought we had discovered something not in Lonely Planet,…
Sucre and Sickness
After an early rise, a habit we are not getting very good at breaking, we walked the “few” blocks to the Museum of Ethnic Art. The few blocks rivalled the steep streets of La Paz but at a much lower…
Beautiful Sucre
After the overnight bus arrived in Sucre, which looked nothing special from the Bus station, we jumped into a taxi to Casa Verde. Its a really nice guesthouse located in what I’m calling the white part of Sucre. All the…
Adios La Paz
Our last day in La Paz, and we had a bunch of senior citizens of Bolivia protesting down the main street of La Paz. Basically the government has declared that all employers pay their employees and extra salary in December.…
La Paz jail riots
So today the 3 amigos, headed down for the free red hat walking tour of La Paz. It starts in San Pedro square and our guides were a young and hip Maurizio, who probably was not wearing enough clothes by…
Reunion in La Paz
Last day in monkey paradise, before heading back to La Paz. The journey wasn’t as long as I’d thought it would be, except i had to pay a taxi to take me to the village right at the top of…
Monkey Magic
I awoke to a monkey trying to get into my treehouse, apparently one of the spider monkeys gives all the doors a try first thing in the morning. I got up had breakfast and sat down waiting for a tour…
WMDR
It was an early rise this morning for a downhill ride on the worlds most dangerous road (WMDR) according to someone with some authority who declared it as much. Unlike everyone who’d try to shrug such titles, this one has…
High in La Paz
So last night wasn’t the best night sleep i ever had. Most likely the altitude being the real issue. Breathing is just that much harder up here at 4000m. La Paz is in a deepish canyon valley so I should…