Category Archives: Bolivia

Today is “plan what next” day for all four of us and probably our last evening together as Phil and Paul both want to head north east to the jungle and we want to head to Lake Titicaca and Peru. … Continue reading →

Getting to the top, we were one of the 1st groups to arrive. Phil and Paul were about 10 mins if that in front of us and other than one other group of three we were next on the top … Continue reading →

As instructed by our guides we are all up at 0800 for brekkie. We have about an 1hr 40 trek today to the next refugio “Rock Camp” which is at 5130m. This is a short but arduous hike with all … Continue reading →

So at 0900 outside the main Travel Tracks office we eventually meet the guides, as is usual for South American time, 0900 means 1030. Not to worry we needed the practice of getting up early as the trip was going … Continue reading →

A 0615 start for Huw, and oh a little later, sometime around 0900 for Bernice Paul, Phil and Huw meet in a local café for brekkie, before being loaded into a minibus for today’s adventure … cycling the “World´s Most … Continue reading →

This morning we meet Paul and Phil at 11, and go to Travel Tracks, to have Aly explain to the guys the options for climbing Huayna Potosi (6088). We all agree the here day option was the best which would … Continue reading →

Some blogging needs to be done today as we are getting behind again, so that’s the morning full up! Also we´ve bought some small country flags and asked the girls in reception where the best place to get them sewn … Continue reading →

Today we are determined to go to a mirador to get some good panoramic photos of the city but everything seems to conspire against us. We set off reasonably early from our hostel and the sky is bright blue so … Continue reading →

This morning we decide to ask at reception if there is an alternative room we could move into that has only one bed, Wi-Fi and possibly still a balcony. As it happens there is, right across the corridor, but our … Continue reading →

Daybreak and we are just arriving at the outskirts of La Paz which at an altitude of around 3700m and is the highest capital city in the world (that’s if you take La Paz as the capital of Bolivia and … Continue reading →