Category Archives: Bolivia

Coast to coast – Isla del Sol.

Posted on 23/01/2015 by Richard Griffith

Even with decades of tourism under its belt, Isla del Sol remains a remote place. Not much has changed on the island since the Inca walked the same stone pathways that tourists tread today. Because the island has no paved … Continue reading →

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Isla del Sol.

Posted on 19/01/2015 by Richard Griffith

Island of the sun: The tiny boat was supposed to depart Copacabana at 08:30 but due to the torrential rain and an attempted ‘over-loading’ issue it left much later. The captain, a boy of about 16, tried to pack more … Continue reading →

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Lake Titicaca.

Posted on 18/01/2015 by Richard Griffith

There are certain names of places that have fired my imagination ever since I was a child – ‘Lake Titicaca’ is one such place. A visit to this high-altitude lake feels like a journey to the top of the world. … Continue reading →

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Feliz Navidad?

Posted on 14/01/2015 by Richard Griffith

I was not looking forward to Christmas at all, this was my second Christmas abroad and my second without my dear mother. It was never going to be a bundle of laughs. However, having completed the job in Brazil I … Continue reading →

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Relieving the era of the dinosaur.

Posted on 03/01/2015 by Richard Griffith

From Sucre I took a 30-minute internal flight to the brash city of Santa Cruz. A bus would have taken anything from 15 to 20 hours – er, no thank you!From SC it took 3-hours, by mini bus, to get … Continue reading →

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Delightful Sucre.

Posted on 26/12/2014 by Richard Griffith

I knew where I wanted to spend Christmas the moment I walked into B&B Casa Verde. It’s owned by a Belgian guy and it is a wonderful little oasis in the heart of the city. “Proud, genteel Sucre is Bolivia’s … Continue reading →

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Blood, sweat and tears.

Posted on 20/12/2014 by Richard Griffith

“The tunnel grew darker and more claustrophobic, the air harder to breathe. But we trudged deeper into the bowels of a mountain where thousands of miners toil and countless more are entombed, casualties of a centuries-old lust for silver. Behind … Continue reading →

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This must be heaven!

Posted on 11/12/2014 by Richard Griffith

Travelling with three Dutch girls and a young lady from the Basque Country in Spain – I truly must have died and gone to heaven! From the sprawling city of La Paz I took an extremely comfortable night bus to … Continue reading →

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Bienvenidos a Sudameríca (la segunda parte).

Posted on 10/12/2014 by Richard Griffith

This is how my guidebook describes my first country in the second part of my travels through South America: “Rough around the edges, superlative in its natural beauty, rugged, vexing, complex and slightly nerve-racking.” I couldn’t agree more! It took … Continue reading →

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