• Bron PlaskowskiTravelerIt Started As A 2 Week Cruise
    Inflation before our very eyes, not sure why it takes four people to put the prices up though.
    The Plaza Pedro de Anzurez, from the colonnade there are views across Sucre.Also in the plaza is the Monasterio de La Recoleta.The church of San Francisco.The church of the hospital, San Juan.The obelisk in the Plaza de la Libertad.Sucre's original theatre.The Catedral Basilica de Nuestra Señora de Guardalupe, in the main square.Carol had a JD and coke and I had a litre of beer, which lasted me the whole game, unlike Carol's.These urinals appear to be graded by size, I know where I stand!Interesting traffic engineering, not quit sure how safe the yellow box is in the middle of the road.A couple of pre-show Chuflay's at Azafran, the lovely restaurant we had lunch in yesterday.Singani, a Bolivian spirit similar to grappa.A map of the different regional dress from around Bolivia.Doesn't look much but it was a delicious set egg custard.1The band leader does look a little the worse for wear. He could give Bez a run for his money.Tap dancing Bolivian gauchos.

    A Second Easy Day

    February 8 in Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Today we had a lay in until 9am and I felt shattered getting up. I seem to feel fresher getting up early and being on the move rather than getting up later.

    We had breakfast and did some admin regarding the trip, at least I don't have to do anymore flight check-ins for the next week. It was almost 12pm before we left the room, so a very leisurely morning by our normal standards.

    We set off for a viewing point close to the hotel. Viewing points have to have height though, which meant walking up a very steep hill that had us breathing hard. Sucre is around 1,000m below La Paz, so I thought being active here would be easier. However, it doesn't seem to work like that, well not yet at least, maybe another week on high ground in the Andes will change that.

    The little tourist map we got from the B&B contained four walking routes around the central area, so we did those this afternoon and then tried to find a place showing today's FA cup games. Easier said than done, though we did see the last 15 mins of England in the rugby against France which turned out to be quite exciting with the lead changing 3 times and England coming out on top by one point.

    We eventually found a place for the last quarter of the Newcastle win against Birmingham. Though after the game they switched over to the Madrid derby, so off we went again in search and 20 mins later we found the Brighton v Chelsea game in our last chance saloon, who had already said they couldn't get the game!! Very pleased with that, so I ordered a litre sized glass of beer as it was cheaper than two 300ml bottles. Even in a place where things are cheap, you still look for a bargain!

    On the way to a Bolivian dinner and cultural dance show we had booked, we called into Azafran again, as we liked it so much and had a Chuflay, Bolivia's pisco sour. An Italian grappa style spirit called Sangani mixed with ginger ale and a squeeze of lemon, very refreshing.

    The show was quite good, featuring dances and costumes from the different regions of Bolivia, interspersed with a video of the different regions. A bit like a tourist information film, but in Spanish. At the end they dragged about 10 people up on stage for a dance, Carol went, unfortunately I had to stay behind and do the video, otherwise I'd have been straight up there!    Read more