January 03, 2005
Day 86: Aņo Nuevo
In the morning, I said goodbye to Robin and Marie, who were off with Lucy and Dan to hike from Yumpapata to Copacabana....Read this update
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Day 85: New Year's Eve
At night, we had a lightning show which had kept me awake for a while. It had been raining pretty badly as well - the rainy season has finally arrived....Read this update
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Day 84: Escalera del Inca
Well, it's certainly going to be a different kind of New Year's Eve! I managed to get out of bed and booked the boat and a hotel. On the boat were only five other people: an Aussie couple, an Irish...Read this update
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Day 83: Falafel
I was awoken rudely at seven, by the family getting up for their day's work. Why is it every time I resolve to sleep late, there is hammering, shouting, bright sunshine or similar to wake me up?...Read this update
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Still day 82: Cerro Calvario
The Cerro Calvario is called that because, on the way up, you get the fourteen stations of the cross. Or because it's just one hell of a climb....Read this update
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December 29, 2004
Day 82: Copacabana
I had to get up really early for the minibus, which came to pick me up at 7.30. Amazingly, it was there on time as well....Read this update
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December 28, 2004
Day 81: Sunburn
As you can tell from the previous entry, I was in a bit of a bad mood after the Tiwanaku debacle....Read this update
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December 26, 2004
Day 80: Tiwanaku
I had to get up at 7 in the morning to go to the ruins of Tiwanaku, the first ruins I was about to see......Read this update
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December 25, 2004
Day 79: Feliz Navidad
I was wondering what La Paz would look like on Christmas day, so after listening to Tom Helsen for a while and having breakfast, I set out to see the city on Christmas day....Read this update
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Day 78: Christmas Eve
Everything hurts, which is as it should be. I have another laundry crisis on my hands, seeing that all my jumpers and long trousers are either splattered in mud or smelly, so I hope today remains sunny....Read this update
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Day 77: La Cumbre-Yolosa
In my nearly thirty years of existence I have done a lot of stupid things. There are only a few of those stupid things I am proud of though, and today was one of them....Read this update
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December 23, 2004
Day 76: Market mayhem
As expected, I woke up to the sounds of cars honking their horns, and people selling their wares. No cumbia, thank god. This was at 6.30. I managed to stick it out till eight, but then got up and joined...Read this update
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December 21, 2004
Day 75: El Alto
It was all over before it began. One minute I'm talking to a chola who wants me to have a full lunch outside the airport in Sucre and the next I am panting from the walk to the baggage claim...Read this update
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Day 74: La Ciudad Blanca
I had desayuno at the hotel, which consisted of rolls with either butter or guayaba (guava) marmelade, a treat I remember from my Havana days....Read this update
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December 20, 2004
Day 73: Tarabuco
I got on the bus to Tarabuco, together with the entire foreign population in Sucre, it seemed....Read this update
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Day 72: Sucre
Yesterday evening, when I left the internet cafe, the streets were nearly empty apart from some lone mothers with their children....Read this update
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December 18, 2004
Still day 71: Casa de la Moneda
I know it will sound cynical, but after visiting the police, I went shopping. I suppose I told myself at least I was helping the Bolivian economy......Read this update
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Day 71: Justice?
This morning, I was awakened by the owner of the hotel who wanted me to come with her to the police. She had even dressed up for it....Read this update
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December 17, 2004
Still day 70: Painful truths
I am a bit shaky. I went to check my finances and to put some of my Bolivian cash away in my folder, and found out 200 dollars was missing....Read this update
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Day 70: Envy of Kings
I am rich Potosi The treasure of the world And the envy of kings (city's first coat of arms)...Read this update
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Day 69: Bolivian Bus experience
Another day spent on the bus, but this, this was slightly different....Read this update
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December 16, 2004
Day 68: More salt
We set off at eight, shaking out the salt of our sandals, and soon hit the vast white nothingness of the Salar de Uyuni....Read this update
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Day 67: Mummies and salt
I slept really well, even though I had been warned that the altitude, the basic accomodation and the cold usually mean a rough night. The only time I woke up was when Alissa got out of the top of the...Read this update
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Day 66: Smelly lagunas
This morning, Claudio came to pick me up in the van, and we stopped to get Steve, a Brit from Manchester living in London....Read this update
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