Sucre and another trek!

To avoid a further, even longer bus journey on worse roads we took an internal flight to Sucre. Dirt cheap and very painless indeed!

Casa de la Libertad

Built by Eiffel himself too!

Sucre has very much retained its colonial feel and is a very relaxing place to saunter around cafes, museums etc. It was the original capital and the colonial home where the revolutionary Constitution was signed in 1825 has retained its character. We had not realised the revolution was so bourgeois in character, the indigenous population did not get the vote until 1952.

Zebras help encourage road safety!

Temple Nuestra Senora de la Merced

Nic getting to know the locals!

Cathedral

We spent a fair amount of time just planning the future of the trip. The labyrinthine Bolivian telephone system made telephoning  difficult and Wi-Fi is always problematic. We also discovered that surprisingly few establishments  were able to respond in English so Nic's  limited Spanish was tested to the full. However, we were able to arrange what turned out to be a great local trek. As you will see from the pictures we were at least double the age of any of our fellow trekkers, who were a complete cross-section of nationalities.included some of the few English people we had come across including a former East Enders star! The walking over the two days was long and hot but through breathtaking scenery.

Accommodation!

We had an interesting scenario on our overnight stop, in the middle of nowhere, when our guide realised that they have not got enough beds booked for us and couples had to make do with very narrow single beds but Nic did not seem to mind sharing with the two attractive French girls in the adjoining bed.

We introduced the group to  clag, our favourite large group card game and a lively evening ensured.

Carolyn's friend was our guide!