Travel News

How far did I travel this week?:

I went on a plane for 45 minutes to Santa Cruz, got on a bus for six hours to Santa Rita and traveled another six hours to get back to Santa Cruz, and then finally traveled again four hours to Samaipata and back.

How far have I traveled on this journey so far?:

I have gone to all of the biggest cities in Bolivia and all over the country!

How did I get around this week?:

I traveled mainly via planes and buses and also a lot on foot.

What was the most interesting place I visited this week?:

The most interesting place was called La Fuerte de Samaipata. It is a site of Incan ruins, but it also has ruins from groups of people before the Incans. We saw meeting places, homes and sacred ruins from a long, long time ago. The most recent ruins were from the 1600s.

Other Travel News from this week:

I'm back in Cochabamba now, and this might be the last long trip of my program! It took ten days in total.

Time Zone: BOT Bolivia Time -4
Local Time: Apr 10, 2019 12:45pm