From the water balloons of Sucre we headed to the Salt Flats of Uyuni. Potosí, one of the highest cities in the world, was en route, but we decided not to stop by partly because the top attraction is to watch exploited mine workers in the mines, partly because talk of road blockades was always […]
Read MoreNotre semaine dans la magnifique ville de Sucre en Bolivie, durant le Carnaval, avec de belles balades dans ses rues coloniales entre fanfares et batailles d’eau. Our week in the beautiful Sucre, Bolivia, during Carnaval, with nice strolls in the colonial streets in between street bands and water battles.
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Bolivia was going through a bit of a rough time while we were there. There was a big referendum hoping to be passed February 21 which, among other things, would allow the presidential term to be extended, again (Evo Morales has served as president since 2006). When we were in La Paz, nationwide strikes were […]
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2016 We hurriedly packed to the chorus of loud firecrackers and protest shouts, Gotan Project being our chosen soundtrack. As our taxi pulled away from the hostel, we saw the result of eggs being hurled at the tax-office next door to our place, a mural of yolk and evidence of broken windows. It […]
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From Copacabana we headed south to the highest capital in the world, La Paz. The five-hour ride was pretty uneventful aside from when the entire bus inexplicably emptied (leaving us scrambling to put our shoes on and follow) and we boarded a speedboat and our bus took a ferry across a 500m stretch of water. […]
Read MoreDirection La Paz, plus haute capitale au monde ! Son folklore, ses marchés, ses rues bouillonnantes et ses téléfériques offre un cadre de jeu passionnant. Et qui plus est c’est un bon point de départ pour s’aventurer à bicyclette sur cette fameuse Route de la Mort. Here we are in La Paz, highest capital in […]
Read MoreFraîchement débarqués dans la paisible ville de Copacabana en Bolivie, nous nous sommes embarqués dans une boucle de deux jours sur les Isla del Sol et Isla de la Luna, hauts lieux Incas au milieu du Lac Titicaca. Just arrived in peaceful Copacabana, Bolivia, we embarked for a two-day loop on the Isla del Sol […]
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From Arequipa we were off to our last stop in Peru, Puno. Puno is of little interest other than a jumping off point to Bolivia, and we planned to spend less than 24 hours in the small city. Puno’s Cathedral Puno also has a Bolivian consulate where U.S. Citizens can get their Bolivian visa. Europeans […]
Read MoreNos aventures dans la ville coloniale d’Arequipa, dans le désert péruvien. De la Plaza de Armas au Convento de Santa Catalina, jusqu’aux Condors des Andes au Canyon de Colca, et encore des lamas et alpacas ! Our adventures in the colonial city of Arequipa in the desert of Perú. From Plaza de Armas to the […]
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Click here for a video recap of our week in Arequipa. Much writing, photo-editing, video-compiling and artisanal-beer-enjoying later, we made it to the Cathedral for a visit. I love organs and this one, imported from Belgium and one of the largest in South America, was certainly a show-stopper. A French-carved pulpit, supported by a serpent-tailed […]
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