Bolivia
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Sharing the Worlds Local Food: Book Launch
We just launched our new book "Sharing the World's Local Food and held a book launch in The ArtHouse gallery in central Bournemouth to see the book released...
Three places to get off the beaten track in Bolivia
Bolivia really is an incredible place. Before we visited the country we never imagined it would be somewhere that would leave such a large impression, would be...
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Santa Cruz finale and the Pantenal
We were ejecteed out of the taxi at a supermarket to pay the balance of the tour, to be left there afterwards. Turns out that Michael Blendinger tours don`t...
Samaipatas Parque Nacional Amboro
Our bus cruised up to Samaipata, but didn´t stop. We realised that as the final destination was actually Santa Cruz, we had to be pro active and request the...
Heading into rural Bolivia
Our time in Sucre with fine wine, meals and European luxury was over and we picked up a microbus, doors swinging open when people shout "Paro" and ended up by...
Getting Sophisticated in Sucre
We rocked up in Sucre after a horrendous 10hr bus ride. Having hardly slept we sat in the bus terminal and drank cafe negro. Before long, Gerard, the french...
Day 3: Geysers and Volcanoes of Bolivia
Pictures speak louder than words and word cannot describe day 3 too adequately. We were abruptly awoken at 4:05am, too early for all, especially with the...
Day 2: The Siloli Desert
We woke the next morning in awe at the Hollywood-esque landscape. The dawn was just breaking and it seemed that the rainbow was being pulled by mother nature...
Day 1: Salar de Uyuni
How the Earth can look like this is truly awe inspiring. We finally set off on the trip that we had been looking forward to the most in South America. We...
The train from Oruro to Uyuni
The station was full of gringos milling around waiting for the train. All with their mochilla (backpacks) and provisions. The over prepared trekker types with...
La Paz to Uyuni via Oruro
Making our way to Oruro: With the intention of esc aping La Paz before it sucked us in, we checked out and managed to catch a bus to Oruro by 11am. There are...
Making our way to Oruro
With the intention of esc aping La Paz before it sucked us in, we checked out and managed to catch a bus to Oruro by 11am. There are so many buses it seems,...
La Paz Part One: Wild Rover Hostel
Arriving on the bus after our 12hr journey from Cusco, plus 2.5hrs queuing to get across the border from Peru, we are amazed by the scale of the city...