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Sucre, the white capital of Bolivia

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Having said about the time you can spend trekking around Sucre, the capital of Bolivia is known for its white buildings. It gives a weird impression especially if you compare this city to others in Bolivia. I can suggest to walk around for a couple of days and visit the little square of La Recoleta, the hill from which is possible to have a nice panoramic view of the city. There is a cool bar too, the Mirador cafe. Nice view from the top are available also visiting the Convento de San Felipe Neri or the Iglesia de la Merced, which is also a coffee bar and a restaurant. Sucre is super famous also for its park dedicated to the dinosaurs, the Parquet Cretácico. It's actually the largest collection of the world. A nice walk must include also the central square 25 de Mayo, and the Parquet Bolivar, where I found also one of the best coffee bar in South America (remember I'm Italian), Time&Coffee. And don't be afraid to eat with the Boliv...

Maragua to Potolo: end of Quechua trekking

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From Maragua we hiked one more mountain till we reached the touristic site of dinosaur footprints. It takes a couple of hours to visit that before to come back on the main road to Potolo. After that it's just about walking in the nature. We didn't meet anyone for about a couple of hours. That was cool. Till it started hailing hard. It has been a hard half an hour as there was no house or cave where get some repair. We just kept walking. At least the waterproof stuff we carried wasn't useless 😥😥 Manuella was not feeling good, so we started singing Italian songs to keep the spirit up. It actually worked 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 The rain and hail last just 30 minutes. We could enjoy the last 2 hours. But in Potolo we basically died on the bench of the main square. Forty kilometres in 2 days 😵😵 Guess what. The last bus to Sucre just left. When we were about to rent a cabana, we saw a little van. Luckily they were going to the capital, so we jumped on the backside and spent ther...