May 13, 2006
Day 227
NKM Adventure Day 4
At sunrise, we got up, had a quick breakfast, and started walking. We figured we had about eleven hours of daylight left, which would give us enough time to get to Florida by dark as long as we kept a reasonable pace. We were… Read More »
May 12, 2006
Day 226
NKM Adventure Day 3
Today was spent almost entirely on a bus. It left a few hours late, so we could forget about walking during the day.
After a few hours, we stopped for lunch. Craig noticed a group of gringos getting out of a 4X4, so we… Read More »
May 11, 2006
Day 225
NKM Adventure Day 2
We got to San Ignacio very early today and immediately started preparations for our trip to Noel Kempff Mercado National Park. From the tourism information office, we learned that tonight a bus could take us to Santa Rosa, about an hour away, and early… Read More »
May 10, 2006
Day 224
NKM Adventure Day 1
We decided to have breakfast at the same vegetarian restaurant we ate supper at last night. They had a lot of whole grain pastas and cereals, so we started stocking up for our upcoming adventure in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park.
The next town… Read More »
May 9, 2006
Day 223
This morning Craig and I went to the immigration office to try to extend our tourist visas. For whatever reason, Bolivia's policy is to give only thirty days instead of the usual ninety for tourists to stay in the country, but supposedly, they can extend that period without any… Read More »
May 8, 2006
Day 222
Today was mostly spent catching up on my blog and trying to plan out the next month or so. Craig and I moved to a hotel more near the center of town, found out that there is actually a tourism information center here, and learned about a few of… Read More »
May 7, 2006
Day 221
For the second day in a row, Craig and I rode on a bus all day. We stopped at the immigration center at someplace seemingly in the middle of nowhere at 3:00 AM. Once again, I was harassed because my visa was good for nine years. Everyone who has… Read More »
November 27, 2005
Day 60
I had only been in Sajama for a little more than a day, yet I had already exhausted almost all of my options for stuff to do. I couldn't attempt to climb a mountain because it's spring here, which means that the snow and ice aren't solid enough to… Read More »
November 26, 2005
Day 59
When you travel long-term, there are bound to be good days and bad ones. This was one of the bad ones.
I ate breakfast at a local man's house. Afterwards, he asked me what I was going to do today. I told him that I was thinking of visiting… Read More »
November 25, 2005
Day 58
After vegging out for a few days in Oruro, I was ready to move on to the Sajama National Park this morning. I had no trouble finding a bus to Patacamaya because it is on the way to La Paz, the biggest city in the country. The bus was… Read More »
