So Sucre was quite nice. Went up to the Mirador, saw some amazing churches. Went to Tarabuko which is outside Sucre as they have a huge market on Sundays - very scenic drive. Left Sucre for La Paz on an overnight bus.
La Paz is crazy! It is huge and located in this valley so one part of the city is at a very different elevation than the upper part. Have seen a lot of women in Bolivia wear the tradition etire - pleated skirts, lacey tops and shawls and top hats but here there are soooo many more. We did a walking tour, saw the witches market and black market the mirador. Basically all stores are on the side walks and you have to walk in the street and avoid the constantly honking vehicles and people trying to get you to buy everything from llama fetuses for good luck under your house to shoe laces.
The next day we took a mountain bike down ´´the worlds most dangerous road¨. (sorry mom i couldn´t tell you the whole story the other day on the phone - knew you would worry all day yesterday). The company was very good! The road is dirt most of the way, carved into the mountains and you drop about 3500 m in elevation from the top where you are going through the cloud forest and end up in the jungle, near coroico. We then stayed for a few hours at this animal rescue sanctuary and got to play with many a monkey...it was a great way to end the experience. Probably one of the best days so far!
Today we did a few museums including the coca museum which was very interesting. It explains a lot about why bolivia hates the states.
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Hey Jenna:
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! We were over at your folks' place and they told me about your blog. Great read! It is very interesting. Keep up the writing. And you are right-- not to tell us about going down the most dangerous road!
We look forward to reading more!
Have fun!
Brenda and Don