Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
At the end of our South American adventure, we met Mike and Gill in Colorado, USA for a ski holiday. We stayed in the lovely town of Breckenridge, and skiied Breckenridge, Keystone, and Vail. The weather and ski conditions were wonderful. The back bowls at Vail. Vail...
Mar 4, 2019 | South America
We drove hundreds of kilometers across the Bolivian desert in 4x4s. We stopped to see the Train cemetery. Even the “A” roads are just dirt. We stopped for a dip in the hot springs. We stopped for a break at a “Service...
Mar 4, 2019 | South America
Much of Bolivia is amazing, but the highlight has to be Salar de Uyuni, the famous salt flats. 4x4s picked us up to take us out onto the flats. At this time of the year, the salt flats are flooded by just a few inches of water. Apparently this is better as you then...
Mar 4, 2019 | South America
The most significant cities in Colonial times were Sucre, the original government capital and still the judicial capital, and Potosi, the silver mining capital. Firstly we visited Sucre. On a tour of the market we were taught to ask for our “yapa”...
Mar 4, 2019 | South America
We flew from Brazil to La Paz, Bolivia. La Paz, like most of Bolivia is very high altitude. The airport is at 4,200m so it was a bit of an altitude shock and a number of the group (including Ronnie) were affected. Some altitude sickness drugs, and Coca tea (made from...
