Memories of San Marcos, Sucre Bolivia

I’d been staying in San Marcos during the carnival and they were keeping the gates to the hostel open for people to come back late after partying.   After the carnival the curfew was back in place and the gates were being locked early. Most of the guys in the hostel who I had got [...]

Me and my shadow

I left my hostel and got a taxi to the bus station.  I asked around and there was a bus leaving for Bermejo.  I was told it was leaving “ensegida” right now.  The real meaning of the word ensegida turned out to be in half hour. Some guy got on the bus with that disorder [...]

Tarija

Tarija and the surrounding area is the wine region of Bolivia.  It is also remote in that all the roads seem bad with exeption to the ones going to the border with Argentina.  Back in 2005 natural gas was discovered as well.  All this seems to have created a wealthy city where the people look [...]

Salar de Uyuni trip – day 3

Getting up at 5am was no problem I was awake.  Three pairs of socks and all the clothes I had, together with the two blankets was not enough for a good night´s sleep.  The driver/guide said during winter outside temperatures can get a low as -30 c.  I can beleive it, not sure how cold [...]

Salar de Uyuni trip – day 2

We had an early rise for the second day of the trip 7am for leaving at 8am.  We were all up and ready for the off at 8am but Abel the driver/guide was not around.  We were finally off at around 8:30am, on our way to the valley of the rocks. The valley of rocks [...]

Salar de Uyuni trip – day 1

Choosing an agency for this trip was really a one horse race for me as Quechua Connection 4wd was the only one offering something different.  They have a quad bike for rent or as part of the Salar 3 day tour you can do the salt flat section on a quad.  I did the deal and paid my [...]

Salar de Uyuni – Plan C

The dream was to ride across the Salar de Uyuni on a motorbike but now it has become clear to me this is not going to happen.  It is possible to rent a bike in La Paz but without a rack to carry kit this would also mean  travelling down to Uyuni on the bike at [...]

Hasta luego La Paz

I was in La Paz once before but this time was very different. Part of this trip was to get back to the person I was or maybe the next me.  Mountain biking was a major part of my life and has been absent from it in recent years.  That interest is definitely back.   Another thing that has [...]

Penthouse in La Paz for 3 pounds 50p

I´ve not been out late in La Paz that many time but I have had problems getting into my Hostel the last night was the last straw.  I was outside for 20 minutes then got loads of atitude. The first hostel I stayed in was fine for getting into but was a dorm with 16 [...]

Size 10 and above

Since I´ve been in Bolivia I´ve been looking for some boots for motorbiking.  In Sucre there was a ironmongers with loads but nothing that were a good fit.  After having my off with just Vans old skools to protect my foot or rather not protecting my foot I knew I had to get something else [...]