Sucre Recoleta Square
5 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☁️ 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 sittingЧитать далее
Views from Recoleta
5 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 spentЧитать далее
Fantastic local lunch
5 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 courseЧитать далее
Santa Teresa Alley
5 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ 🌙 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 localsЧитать далее
ПутешественникI'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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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?
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. 😉
The Craze for TravellingShe was just demonstrating how it works. We did see 2 of thwm step out of the cloister so I guess some are allowed.
Plasa 25 de Mayo
5 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ 🌙 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 visitedЧитать далее
Plaza 25 de Mayo by night
5 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 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 aЧитать далее
Central Mercado Sucre
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 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 takeЧитать далее
Breakfast at Central Marcado
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ 🌙 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 outerЧитать далее
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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.
More food stuff at Central Mercado
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
More interesting food stuff at the Central Mercado
Way to the Dino park (Parque Cretacico)
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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.Читать далее
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Did you try cheese??. Most vendors are ladies & all in same style of dress,strange🤔🤔
The Craze for TravellingYes we did I one of the soups. Ya, that's the traditional dress in the Andes.
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?
Parque Cretacico
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 seeЧитать далее
Parque Cretacico dinosaur models
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Inside the park they had real life size models of the dinosaurs
Footprints from the past
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
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Why wearing helmets? Are the foot prints permanent with no effect of weather vagaries ?
The Craze for TravellingThe 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.
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.
Farmer's Market outside Sucre
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
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Seems even rotten bananas are also purchased by some ,as can be seen displayed over there?
Trying the food stuff at Farmers Market
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 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.Читать далее
Farmer's Market. Its a riot of colors
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Farmer's Market - Fruits and food
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ 🌧 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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Not familiar with labeled fruits as these looks fruits are not seen in India.All other familiar.
Farmer's Market - Cakes and fruits
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Cakes seem to be very popular in Sucre. There was a huge variety of cakes in the farmer's market.
Farmer's Market - Exotic fruits & eggs
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
There were some other exotic fruits from the region and some varieties of cheese
The Craze for Travelling
Yes dad. I tried it in a soup. It was salty and the texture is almost like paneer.
Farmer's Market - Another local lunch
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
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 😈
Mercado Central - More food
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 shopЧитать далее
Live music at a church
6 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 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 liveЧитать далее
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. 😉
Salar roadtrip begins
7 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
Sucre to Potosi
7 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ 🌙 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 violetЧитать далее
Sucre-Potosi scenic views
7 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
No need to put any words for this footprint. The pictures say it all.