Adventures with Kevco

After a short hop, the bus stopped at the Chilean border. We took our bags and went through the border crossing routine. The bags were scanned, the passports stamped then back on the bus for another hour drive to San Pedro Atacama. San Pedro is a small town. It is said that if you live… Continue reading 12 – San Pedro Atacama →

Getting small on the Uyuni salt flats Uyuni is a small town of about 14,000. It is in Bolivia's desolate southwest. It is a military outpost and still has a real frontier feel. Many expeditions are launched from here. The Salar de Uyuni is the popular destination for a four day tour. The last day… Continue reading 11 – Uyuni →

It's easy to forget about the all night bus trips. In ones' mind they seem like a good way to get from here to there if the scenery you are passing is not so wonderful. Additional bonus is having a free-ish place to spend the night. As far as expense goes...“When it's all going out… Continue reading 10a – The Road to Uyuni →

As previously mentioned...Sucre is a beautiful place. Much wealth was generated here...lets see if the old guide book can shed a little light on the history of this fair city.Sucre has a population of 247,000. Elevation is over 9000 feet. Considered the most beautiful city in Bolivia it is also the symbolic heart of the… Continue reading 10 – Sucre →

Cochabamba park...note the palm frond the city worker is using as a broom Morning in Toro Toro brought a cold-ish shower and a quick pack when a lady from the bus company came over and told us we could leave an hour earlier if we were ready.  Should know by now to not rush packing… Continue reading 9 – Back to Cochabamba →

Up early to make the  per-arranged 7am breakfast date with Rodrigo and Helen.  No sign of life from them or the hotel breakfast staff.  Waited around a couple of minutes but since we were supposed to be at the tourist office at 7:30am, wandered out to forage some breakfast.  Saw a group of locals eating… Continue reading Chapter 8 – Toro Toro (part 2) →

To begin with I hope you all appreciate that no puns involving the name of this National Park have been made. No bull. Forthcoming is the condensed guide book version of the facts about this amazing place.  Again this is lifted pretty much straight out of the guidebook:Parque Nacional Toro Toro is one of Bolivia's… Continue reading Chapter 8 – Toro Toro (part 1) →

It was time...it wasn't just because of the late night victory celebration of the basket ball team in the hallway of the Maya Hostel late last night or the fact that it seldom got above 62 degrees in the room...it just felt like it was time to be moving on. After a few days seeing… Continue reading Chapter 7 – The Road to Toro Toro →

I guess that I might as well throw in some of the facts paraphrased from the guide book. It might add a little legitimacy to the bumble blurb.The city of Cochabamba is located in the central highlands which occupy the heart of the country. It has a population of around 600,000 and an elevation of… Continue reading Chapter 6 – Cochabamba – The City →

I guess that was the real problem with the Maya Hostel in Cochabamba. The distance from the downtown area. Price to pay for the peace and quiet I guess. Other then that, it was pretty good, if leaning more to the hotel side than the hostel side of the social common area scale. But then...there… Continue reading Chapter 5 – Cochabamba Night →