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Sucre Recoleta Square
5 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
The road outside the hostal was a steep climb up to the Recoleta square. Its a beautiful square with a very typical Spanish feel. There were kids playing football in the square. People were sitting around enjoying the views. It was bright and sunny and 28C but the breeze was quite cool making it much easier to walk around.Meer informatie
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Views from Recoleta
5 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Recoleta has the best views of Sucre. Its a stunning location high above the town. It reminds me a lot of Cusco, a mini version of it. Nice white painted houses with red terracotta roofs. We spent 20-30 min enjoying the sight.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Lovely faces !!
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The Craze for Travelling Thanks 😊
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Fantastic local lunch
5 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
From the Recoleta, we found a narrow path with street markets and ended up at a nice local area where they had a few restaurants for the locals. We went in and had an awesome meal. It was a 3 course meal of soup, main dish and dessert all for 30 b$ (for the 2 of us). The vegetarian courses included peanut soup with pasta as the 1st course, rice eggs and salad as the main meal and a jelly as the dessert.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Tempting
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Reiziger Shoppiiiiiiing
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The Craze for Travelling Its like the custard jelly we used to have in childhood.
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Santa Teresa Alley
5 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
This is one of the most traditional places in the town, full of legends dating back to the middle colonial period. These legends have persisted with the passing of the years and even now, the locals used to bury bones of cows to ward off evil spirits that still pass through the place.
We tried to enter the place but were told by a local lady that it was an active cloister for nuns and men are not allowed inside. Even the women don't interact with them. The only way to have your prayers said is to use the rotating window in the corner of the courtyard where you can talk to the nuns without seeing them. You tell them what you want to pray for and put the money envelope on the rotating window for them to take. This she proceeded to demonstrate as she was there to ask for a prayer.
All the above discussion happened in Spanish so we might have got some things wrong but we actually did see everything we were told so most probably we did get it right.Meer informatie
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ReizigerI'm so proud of you and your increasing level of Spanish! Telling you it will be better than mine by tge end of a trip!!!
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Reiziger Is this lady asking for a prayer on behalf of you guys or her own wish? Are these nuns not exposed to the outside world?
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The Craze for TravellingThanks Katya. It working quite well with a little bit of what I had picked up and similarities with French that Itso knows. 😉
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The Craze for Travelling She was just demonstrating how it works. We did see 2 of thwm step out of the cloister so I guess some are allowed.
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Plasa 25 de Mayo
5 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
During the evening we spent some time at the Plaza 25 de Mayo, the main square. We also shopped around to check the different packages and prices for the tours to the Salar de Uyuni. We also visited the Biz Car Rentals to check out the self drive option. At the main square, we also tried a sweet savory. We couldn't get the name or what it was made of. But it was goooood 😁Meer informatie
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Reiziger ☠☠☠☠👹👹
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Plaza 25 de Mayo by night
5 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
The main square was well lit in the night with all the lovely buildings around beautifully highlighted. There were many locals sitting around chatting and enjoying the evening. After having a vegetarian dinner at El Germen, we went back to our hostel and slept early so we could have our much needed sleep. We planned to wake up early, have our breakfast and walk to the main square to take the 9:30 am bus to the dinosaur park. We also decided to take the self drive option to the Salar, after much calculations on the costs involved.Meer informatie
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Central Mercado Sucre
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
As planned, we were up early and left the hostel by 8:15 am. The plan was to go to the main square and catch the 9:30 am bus to the dinosaur park. If there was a charge for the bus, we planned to take the local micro instead since they would be cheaper and were going to the park every 5 min.
As we were reaching the main square, we decided to go to the Biz Car Rental to book our vehicle before going to the square. After doing the booking, we got late and couldn't have our breakfast. We reached the main square 10 min before the bus timing. We asked a travel shop nearby and were informed that the bus would charge 15 b$ while the local bus would be 1.50 b$. So, we decided to go by the micro and since they were leaving every 5 min, we decided to go to the Central Mercado (the main market) for some food.
What an assault to the senses it was.. So much variety of fruits, foods, meats, spices, juices... It was a food heaven.Meer informatie
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Reiziger I love baskets
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The Craze for Travelling I can export some for you 😁
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Reiziger Yes pls !!!
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Breakfast at Central Marcado
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
In the central market, we tried Chirimoya (Custard Apple). It was extremely sweet and very very tasty. The size of these was almost double the size one compared to the ones in India. Also, the outer shell had concave indents rather than the convex indents in the Indian custard apples.
After that we had our breakfast of Tojori (a traditional drink made from mashed white corn, sugar and cinnamon), Buñuelos (a donut sort of local savory to be eaten with a syrup) and empanadas (many varieties exits, ours was a hollow pastry sprinkled with castor sugar).Meer informatie
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Reiziger If the stuff is sweet then it is Indian Maalpura & if salted then bhatura. Haristo & the tiger (look alike) on his shirt have same expression & both want to pounce on the stuff Ist.
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The Craze for Travelling Ha ha ha 😆😆
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ReizigerSo unhealthy, but honestly no judgments! All these worth of trying)
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The Craze for TravellingOoo.. You bet. All of the stuff was fabulous 😊
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More food stuff at Central Mercado
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
More interesting food stuff at the Central Mercado
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Reiziger I love this , it reminds me of childhood . it is called shehtoot
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Reiziger Woww!!
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The Craze for Travelling Yes. Mom's favorite as well
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Way to the Dino park (Parque Cretacico)
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We finished our breakfast by 10 and went back to the square where we could catch the micro to the dino park. Bus no. 4 and H leave every 5 min so we didn't have a problem finding and catching one. There is no ticket in these buses. You should know the price and the price is the same irrespective where you get on or off. But this all, we found out later. We were told the ticket price was 1.50 b$ per person but when we entered the bus, we asked the driver about the price and he said 2 b$ so we paid.
On the way, we passed the Farmer's Market just outside Sucre. An interesting place with a lot of variety of food stuff and other household items.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Did you try cheese??. Most vendors are ladies & all in same style of dress,strange🤔🤔
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The Craze for Travelling Yes we did I one of the soups. Ya, that's the traditional dress in the Andes.
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ReizigerOooh.. i would love those cheese ;)
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The Craze for TravellingYou know Katya, it was like the cheeze we had tried during the trek in Ukraine. Branza.. I think that was the name.. Right?
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Parque Cretacico
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We got off at the last stop of the micro. The parque Cretacico was inside the compound of the concrete company that was digging the limestone in the area when they found the footprints. One can see the uplifted base of the lake that has the footprints as a vertical wall now.Meer informatie
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Parque Cretacico dinosaur models
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Inside the park they had real life size models of the dinosaurs
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Footprints from the past
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We saw many tracks from 4 different species of dinosaurs all over the raised wall. The biggest one was 1 mt across. The whole place was a crisscross of tracks from different eras belonging to both the herbivores and carnivores dinosaurs.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Why wearing helmets? Are the foot prints permanent with no effect of weather vagaries ?
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The Craze for Travelling The wall peices can break so its obligatory. We asked the same question. The top layer does break and was broken at a few places but the layers below too have different footprints so you win some and you lose some.
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ReizigerFascinating!!!!
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The Craze for TravellingTruly. It was like a walk in the Jurassic era when the guide was explaining the tracks and which dinosaurs made them.
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Farmer's Market outside Sucre
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
By about 1:30 we had finished the tour of the dinosaur park. We walked out to the main road. The bus no. 4 was waiting to go to town. This time we didn't ask the price but just handed over 3 b$ to the driver, which he readily accepted.
On the way, we were crossing the Farmer's market where we had seen some interesting roadside vendors. We were in a double mind whether to get off or not since Sucre is still 3 kms away and it would have taken us about 45 min to walk back. The bus slowed down due to the crowd on the road and also to pick up people that's when I saw what I thought we call Chuski or Gola in India. Its finely crushed ice covered with colored sweet syrups of different flavors. Nowadays, its become an almost extinct item in India. I started telling Hristo about it. He had never seen or heard about it so we decided at the spur of the moment to get off and try it and also explore the rest of the market and maybe even have our lunch here.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Seems even fr
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Reiziger Seems even rotten bananas are also purchased by some ,as can be seen displayed over there?
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Reiziger Kids transport + softy vendor.
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Trying the food stuff at Farmers Market
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
When we got off the micro, we found out that it in fact was a gola vendor. The machine was exactly as they used to have in India, the colors, the preparation method, everything was exactly the same. We tried one gola each (its called Shikashika in Bolivia). As we were walking in the market, we saw a vendor selling tamarind juice. We decided to try that as well.Meer informatie
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Reiziger I love this !!
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Reiziger O my my !! I am missing this !
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Reiziger Tenu kala chashma jachda.......
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Farmer's Market. Its a riot of colors
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Reiziger Veggies look so fresh !!
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Reiziger Moms favourite
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Reiziger Good weighing machines
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Farmer's Market - Fruits and food
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
More fruits and vegetables in the market. There were quite a variety of eggs and cheese as well. Fresh fruits and juices. We tried Maracuya (passion fruit) and Tumbo (banana passion fruit).
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Reiziger Happy and fruity faces ;)
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The Craze for Travelling 😁😁
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Reiziger Not familiar with labeled fruits as these looks fruits are not seen in India.All other familiar.
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Farmer's Market - Cakes and fruits
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Cakes seem to be very popular in Sucre. There was a huge variety of cakes in the farmer's market.
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Reiziger O my God. Looks like a paradise)
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Reiziger i love all of them :)
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Reiziger looks like they are selling some spices
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Farmer's Market - Exotic fruits & eggs
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
There were some other exotic fruits from the region and some varieties of cheese
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Reiziger How is the cheese ? Did you taste?
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The Craze for Travelling Yes dad. I tried it in a soup. It was salty and the texture is almost like paneer.
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Farmer's Market - Another local lunch
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
By the time we had walked around the farmer's market, it was near about 4. All the food stalls had closed except one where we had our lunch. Unfortunately, they didn't have anything vegetarian but the lady running the stall was kind enough to show how by putting aside the chicken pieces in the chicken soup, it becomes vegetarian😂😂
Eventually, I had to make do with rice, pasta, salad and potatoes.
After the lunch we took the micro back to Sucre and got off at the Central Mercado.Meer informatie
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Reiziger what is the name of this dish !
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The Craze for Travelling Ha ha ha... Its not a dish. They didn't have vegetarian food so I asked for rice, pasta, potato and salad 😈
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ReizigerYou see- there is always a compromise)
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Mercado Central - More food
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After reaching Sucre, we 1st went and booked our vehicle for the Uyuni trip. After that, we were back at the Central Mercado to try out different juices and food stuff.
In the town, we also saw a shop selling Indian stuff like clothes, incense sticks and furniture. A unique selling opportunity for them.Meer informatie
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Reiziger interesting menu :D
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The Craze for Travelling All possible juice combinations 😉
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ReizigerBolivia is a birth place of juices, potatoes and cakes! Who knew)))
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Live music at a church
6 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
After eating and walking around, we decided to head back to the hostel at around 8:15 pm. On the way back, we heard some music coming from one of the streets. We went to check it out and saw live music being played outside a church for some marriage. We enjoyed the music for a while and then we were back for a good night's sleep in the hostel.
Before we slept, we had to wash our shoes to remove the dust they had picked up at the dino park.Meer informatie
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Reiziger What a beautiful church!
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Reiziger Church looks more attractive at night.Did you use a camera stand?
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The Craze for Travelling Yes Maria. It was a beautiful church. Dad - no, I didn't use a stand. Nowadays the camreas are pretty good. 😉
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Salar roadtrip begins
7 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We picked up our vehicle in the morning. It was a new Toyota Hilux driven only 160 kms. Biz car rental charged us 758 USD for days with all insurances, 65 L of extra gasoline and 80 L gasoline in the tank. All tools and equipment were also included, as was the cleaning charges of $45.
Previous day when we had gone to book the vehicle, we were told that there was 4% extra charge if the payment was made by card. So we had gone a mall nearby to withdraw cash. It had 4 ATM machines but still, it took us about 45 min to withdraw the required cash. None of the 4 ATMs had a limit high enough to cover the amount we needed and they didn't disclose the highest amount that could be withdrawn. So we juggled around the ATMs and tried reducing the amount in steps till finally one of them dispensed 3000 b$. We used that one a couple of times to get the required amount.
When we went to pick the vehicle, we were told that we'll need to pay 50 b$ for the salt cleaning every time we exited from the salt plains. This of course was not fair at all since we were paying $45 for cleaning. But, anyway we took the vehicle knowing very well we won't get it cleaned. To hell with their smartness.
After picking up the vehicle we went for grocery shopping and food in a nearby mall. We stocked up for 7 days of water and food provisions.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Its looks yummy
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The Craze for Travelling It was awesome 😊
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ReizigerAm I reading correct figure .......US dollars?
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Sucre to Potosi
7 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
The road from Sucre to Potosi is a very beautiful mountainous road. There are many amazing views and fabulous formations. The section near Sucre has many hill sections covered with beautiful violet flowers of the Jakaranda tree.Meer informatie
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Sucre-Potosi scenic views
7 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
No need to put any words for this footprint. The pictures say it all.
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