From Potosi, we grabbed a collectivo taxi to Sucre (about a 2-hour drive). We crossed a couple of mountain ranges, and saw a castle along the way. Our Sucre arrival was uneventful, and we spent a day or two just hanging out and exploring the city. We found some great cafes, viewpoints, and a few interesting plazas:
While in Sucre, we checked out the Parque Cretacico – the Cretacious Park. It’s kind of like Jurassic park, but a little smaller and less dangerous. Basically, what are believed to be a set of dinosaur footprints were “discovered” along a wall that’s a part of a quarry. So a site was built around it, complete with informational rooms, sheets, and full-size replicas of a few more notorious dinosaur species. Check out what they looked like:
I’m pretty skeptical of the actual park’s origins, but the replicas were pretty cool, colorful, and fun to see!
We spent some more time hanging out in sucre – we saw the “Casa de la Moneda” there as well:
Our last night, we stayed in the most plush and expensive hotel of our trip – La Villa Antigua. It was a great treat after a couple of weeks in Bolivia.
We got to the airport a little early for our flight (scheduled for 11:30 but delayed until 1:15), so I walked outside and got to watch the Bolivian “The Fast and the Furious”! Yes, even the tuner culture has expanded to bolivia. I watche a dozen pairs of cars race the quarter mile on a stretch of road, monitored by the military police and watched by a pretty sizable crowd. Only a few photos, but all in all, pretty fun:
We finally flew out of sucre about 4 hours after our flight was scheduled, and arrive in La Paz. The next morning, we got up early to fly from La Paz to Lima (Peru) to Bogota…
