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Bolivia's second 'Death Road'?
Blog: A Travel Diary from Mexico, Central and South America - 24 May 2010
I couldn't tell you exactly how many miles we have travelled since arriving in Mexico city last October. But I'm fairly sure that I can now tell you where the most difficult of those miles occurred. After spending time in the plush and serene surroundings of Tarija, the bus ride north towards Uyuni served as a reminder that Bolivia is amongst the poorest of the countries we've visited.
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Tarija - ahem, and an important football match
Blog: A Travel Diary from Mexico, Central and South America - 21 May 2010
If you're going to be turfed out of a bus somewhere at five o'clock on a cold morning, you could do worse than Tarija. After hanging around the (outdoor) bus station chatting to a fellow Brit, who had a flight to catch from Rio and not much time to get there, we went into town to use up some more hours before we could reasonably turn up at our hotel. Luckily an up-market restaurant opened its doors and let us in for breakfast - it's becoming a familiar story!
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Tarija – Back To The Warm, Time To Thaw Out
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 20 May 2010
Frankly, it didn’t feel like that when we first arrived. The bus from Sucre, which left at 3pm the previous day, rolled into Tarija terminal an hour ahead of schedule at 5am, whereupon we all blearily got off the bus and… did what? What are you meant to do? It’s 5am. It’s night. It’s certainly [...]
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