Sucre, Chicken and Bus!

22-23rd February

Sucre.....and Chicken!

Yes, it is a real car, and yes they are this small!

The days are sometimes well spent just sitting on the bum and doing nothing special but read, and chill! Today was this day, and it was spent in that fashion. On the couch, with a head stuck in the book.

Then to spice things up we ventured into the centre to get some food! Recommendation of the day was Ricko's (the best barbeque chicken in Sucre), and possibly the cheapest plate of food too, at only 15 Bolivianos (€1.50). It was what the doctor ordered.

Hazel, Angela & Norman

(The fastest chicken in South America)

David (Birthday House)

Norman & David

(In traditional Bolivian head gear)

Market Time

She can still outrun the bus!

Day 2 in the city was more adventurous. It consisted of some shopping, some eating and some waiting for the bus out of Sucre. It was the overnight journey to the Bolivian border and then into Argentina. We got on the bus, we started the 13 hour journey. The only thing that happened was that the rain came during the night. This ment that all the roads were mud slides, and at one point we had to wait for 2 hours to cross the river which was a high and very fast. The chaos followed all night, with mud slides, buses getting stuck at every place, and some dangerous passages through some pretty countryside. And of curse the tire blew aswell. It was horrible. We made a deal with Hazel & Norm, if we survive, we'll have a beer! Death roads exist in all parts of Bolivia and not just the one known as the "Death Road" in the north. At some points i thought the bus was even going to fall over.

Bolivian Highway

...HIGHWAY??!!

We eventually got to where we were going (Villazon), and all with only four hours extra on the bus!

The Border crosing was slow and painful, but we got to the Argentinian side of La Quaica. Things were looking up.

Bus to Tilcara was another 3 hours and we arrived just in time for some tea and a few games of cards before bed in Casa Colores. All is well that ends well after 26.5 hour journey.

David & Angela