Wendy After a leisurely morning, we took the boat to La Isla del Sol. We sat on top, which was beautiful–though very cold despite the beaming sun! I was not expecting such a long ride. It took over an hour to get there. From our arrival point, we first walked up to the Polcokaina Sun … Lire la suite Jour 36 – 2 août / Day 36 – August 2

Sasha Réveil à 5:30h du matin… Partis à 6h, en route pour le Bolivia Hop bus. Nous sommes arrivés au point de rencontre mais on a dû attendre le bus pendant 1h😭 (j’aurais pu dormir plus longtemps). Le bus pour aller à Copacabana a duré à peu près 4h. C’est un petit village qui surplombe … Lire la suite Jour 35 – 1er aout / Day 35 – August 1

Wendy The restaurant Gustu has a program that promotes hygenic food preparation and small business management practices for female street food vendors. So, we decided to visit a couple of the stands that the association backs. We taxied out to San Miguel, but sadly arrived at Empanadas Tucumanas as they were closing. Not too far … Lire la suite Jour 34 – 31 juillet / Day 34 – July 31

Wendy We walked from Sopocachi to the Zona Central in order to see the main attractions of La Paz. There was a huge street fair all the way up El Prado where parades with brass bands and extravagantly costumed dancers filled the avenida Mariscal Santa Cruz. We ducked into the San Francisco Church and cloisters … Lire la suite Jour 33 – 30 juillet / Day 33 – July 30

Wendy It was really nice to wake up in « our own » apartment this morning in La Paz.  Everyone had had a good night’s sleep, the sun was streaming through the windows and our view of the teleferico, the brick buildings climbing uphill and the snowcapped mountains was almost surrealistic.  Today we took the yellow teleferico … Lire la suite Jour 32 – 29 juillet / Day 32 – July 29

Sasha Nous avons pris l’avion de Sucre à La Paz ce matin. Un vol très rapide de 40min. Le taxi de l’aéroport était une expérience… On descendait les rues très raides. Il y avait une vue extraordinaire de toute la ville. Tellement de maisons sur chaque morceau de roche. Le taxi nous a déposés à … Lire la suite Jour 31 – 28 juillet / Day 31 – July 28

Wendy We woke up to the news that our niece « Marie » had been born in Paris this morning! Congratulations Katia & Hervé! We look forward to meeting the new member of the family in four weeks in Ciron.  Which leads me to mention that we are officially half way through our trip. We have done … Lire la suite Jour 29 – 26 juillet / Day 29 – July 26

Wendy After another delicious breakfast, this time with perfect eggs, tomatoes and the blood sausage we bought in Yotala yesterday, June very kindly drove us to our next destination, the colonial city of Sucre where we checked into the beautiful and authentic Mi Pueblo Samary hotel.  We immediately walked up the steep hill to La … Lire la suite Jour 28 – 25 juillet / Day 28 – July 25

Wendy After one of the best night’s sleeps we’ve had all trip, we then had (by far) the best breakfast we’ve eaten in four weeks. June’s homemade bread, juice from a local fruit (tumbo), vegetable omelets, American pancakes and real coffee were the perfect start to a day by the pool! In the afternoon, June … Lire la suite Jour 27 – 24 juillet / Day 27 – July 24

Wendy After much debate about taking a Collectivo (local bus) to Potosi then trying to find a big enough taxi to take us on to our hotel outside of Sucre from there, we decided to hire a private car to take us all the way. A luxury, but well worth it because we had a … Lire la suite Jour 26 – 23 juillet / Day 26 – July 23