BOLIVIA TRAVEL REPORT.

 

From Cuenca's Mariscal La Mar Airport, I take a LAN Company flight at 1.25pm ​​to Quito Mariscal Sucre Airport (Ecuador), located 30 km east of the center of Quito. (I paid Euro 330.69 for the multi-leg air ticket for 5 flights: Lima - Quito, Cuenca - Quito, Quito - Lima, Lima - La Paz, La Paz - Santa Cruz). The journey lasts a scant hour. You can check in easily at the special machines set up in Spanish only.

 

 

From Quito Mariscal Sucre Airport (Ecuador), I take a LAN Company flight at 8.15 pm to Jorge Chàvez International Airport (Peru). I paid Euro 330.69 for the multi-leg air ticket for 5 flights: Lima - Quito, Cuenca - Quito, Quito - Lima, Lima - La Paz, La Paz - Santa Cruz. The trip takes a generous 2 hours. You can check in easily at the special machines set up in Spanish only.

 

From Jorge Chàvez International Airport (Peru), I take a LAN Company flight at 11.50 pm to Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz (Bolivia). I paid Euro 330.69 for the multi-leg air ticket for 5 flights: Lima - Quito, Cuenca - Quito, Quito - Lima, Lima - La Paz, La Paz - Santa Cruz. The trip lasts a generous 4 hours, including the stop in La Paz, made to pick up other passengers on the aircraft.

 

To enter Bolivia you need to fill in 2 forms. The staff are friendly and polite.

 

From the Viru Viru International Airport of Santa Cruz (Bolivia), located 12 km north of the city center, there are several minibuses, including the n. 135, which take you to the city center all day in about half an hour. The ticket costs 6 BOB and is paid directly to the driver. The closest stop to Plaza 24 de Septiembre is in Via Uruguay, at the intersection with Via Libertad less than 1 km from Piazza Succitata, which is constantly guarded by the police.

 

From the center of Santa Cruz (Bolivia), there are several minibuses that take you throughout the day in about 15 minutes to the Bimodal Terminal, located 1.5 km southeast of the center where both trains and buses leave. The ticket costs 2 BOB and is paid directly to the driver.

 

From the Bimodal Terminal of Santa Cruz there are an ocean of companies that offer bus travel to the capital of Bolivia Sucre at a cost varying between 60 and 110 BOB depending on the convenience of the same, as well as logically the boarding fee of 3 BOB. There are also buses with beds. One of the cheapest companies is Albus and it's not that inconvenient. The trip lasts from 14 to 16 hours and almost all departures take place between 16.00 and 18.30.

 

The Bus Terminal is located less than 2km north-east of Plaza de 25 Mayo. From there you have to go to the main road in front of the main entrance, cross it and take the microbus n. A or 3 which passes frequently and takes you to Via Arce a few steps from the Plaza de 25 Mayo. The ticket costs 1.5 BOB and is paid to the driver when you get off or even earlier if you wish.

 

The compact historic center of Sucre, the capital of Bolivia, declared a Unesco World Heritage Site by Unesco, is perfect for walking around.

 

To return to the bus terminal, you must take one of the many microbuses that pass through Via Junìn, at the intersection with Via Ravelo, near the central market.

 

To go to Potosi you have to take one of the many buses that leave approximately every half hour from the Sucre bus terminal. The ticket costs 20 BOB and can be taken at the desk of one of the companies that operate this route. The trip takes about 3 hours.

 

In front of the Bus Terminal, located 2 km south of the historic center of Potosì, several minibuses pass that take you near Plaza 10 Novembre for the price of 1.5 BOB. You pay the driver when you get off.

 

The compact historic center of Potosì, declared a Unesco World Heritage Site by Unesco, can be easily explored on foot.

From the Bus Terminal of Potosì there are an ocean of companies that offer the bus trip to La Paz at a cost varying between 20 and 60 BOB depending on the convenience of the same, in addition to the boarding fee of 2 BOB. There are also buses with beds. One of the cheapest companies is Cochabamba and it's not that inconvenient. The journey takes about 9 hours and almost all departures take place after 20.00.

 

For an hour's taxi ride downtown to the dangerous La Paz mt. 3,800, in Bolivia, I contracted 50 BOBs.

The mandatory fee to be paid for the use of the La Paz Terrestrial Terminal is 2 BOB. If you don't pay it, you can't board any bus.

Only at 8.00 in the morning, there is the Tourist Bus that in about 4 hours takes you to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca, on the Bolivian side, at a cost of 30 BOB. The same leaves from the La Paz Terrestrial Terminal and is the safest solution as the buses and Combi that depart frequently during the day from the La Paz Cemetery, an unsafe area, are not rarely hijacked by bandits, especially in the dark. who rob you and kidnap you.

During the aforementioned enchanting journey, you must also get off the bus for about 15 minutes to cross the Tiquina Strait of Lake Titicaca by ferry (3 BOB). The bus is transported on a separate ferry.

Copacabana is terrifyingly touristy, is full of money changers and is great for walking. 

My complete travel report with map, photographs and videos is available at this link:

http://vivendosalendo.blogspot.com/2016/12/viaggio-in-florida-peru-ecuador-e.html