Sucre, la ciudad blanca

Sucre, la ciudad blanca, or the white city. A wonderfull city with colonial churches, buildings, great views, good restaurants. Really a lovely city to stay.

I arrived in Sucre last Wednesda, with the intention to stay for approx 2 weeks +. In order to relax and learn spanish. Friday was my first spanish lesson and I already met quite some people over here, even some of my old mates I met during the uyuni trip.

There is something that might amaze you, there is a Dutch owned bar here, Joyride Bolivia, where I naturally tried the saté and bitterballen. They even have Bossche Bollen at the place. The good thing about the place is that they show movies during the evenings, very relaxed and real good movies, e.g. The Motorcycle Diaries, about Che Guevara, the background of becoming a revolutionary.

This weekend and yesterday it also started to itch, to move on. Since I experienced already quite a lot of amazing things I want more and more. That´s why I decided to depart from Sucre early and leave for La Paz next Friday. From there I will do the death road trip asap, probably with gravity, the best tour agency to do so! Then I´ll stay in Coroico to relax, pool, etc.. For 2-3 days, do not know yet where.. Subsequently I will move on to Rurrenabaque to do a jungle or pampas tour..

But first things first, three more days of Spanish lessons, then taking the night bus to La Paz on Friday!! And enjoy my time here in this awesome city!

Part 2

Last week was a busy week, but above all a joyfull one. Tonight I leave for La Paz, just got some chocolates from para ti (they got their training how to make chocolate in Holland) and getting my stuff and go.. Now just some notes:
- The Devils Miner is an awesome documentary about the life at the mines in potosi, touching, realsitic, recommended!!!
- The meeting place here is the place, I mean for hooking up and stuff, not a bar or any other place, the central plaza is the place for the youth.
- Yesterday (Thursday), the streets were empty due to a strike, a strange experience!
- According to the dutch department of foreign affairs it is dangerous here, a negative travel advice.. Though this is one of the most lovely and peacefull places I´ve ever been to.. Guess they don´t have a clue what life is like here, from La Paz...
- I ate a kind of oliebol, but then with potato and cheese for the shocking costs of 10 cents.
- All the people I met that went to Colombia were hilarious about it, places where they got mugged were in Ecuador and Peru, not in Colombia.
- Wishing you all a great weekend, now I´m of to La Paz, arriving tomorrow in the early morning! Take care!!!!!!