Bolivian expedition a great sucess
The months expedition to Bolivia comes to an end; the group are returning home after trekking successes and jungle safari's and a wonderful cultural experience. The first week here was spent in the jungle, doing some easy but scenic trekking through the primary rainforest and camping in local villages. The food was amazing and the Bolivian diet is high in carbohydrates and fat so there’s been no weight loss issues within the group!
The second week was in Cochabamba, working at an orphanage run by a Scottish nun. She was amazing and has set up a community bakery, the profit from which goes to fund university places for local young people. The cakes there are better than most in the UK, Humm. More weight gain. The orphanage was well run and funded, better than some of the other we went to see in the city. It also housed a number of disabled kids who were living and integrated with able bodies kids (unheard of normally in Bolivia).
In our third week we moved to La Paz which is an amazing city positioned in a huge basin with the town sprawling up the valley sides. From here we did a mini trek locally to help our acclimatization, walking through a massive 1000 feet deep Canyon which was awesome.
After this short trek we headed 12 hours on a bus north to Aplobamba to undertake a long trek. We spent 5 days in the mountains crossing a number of passes at 4800, 4900 and 5100m. The views were of pointy snowy peaks with Condors flying around, lovely. The nights were cold and crisp apart from one day when it rained!
A final trek just outside the colonial town of Sorata took the group to 5000m to view the beautiful Laguna Glacier.
The trip ended in Copacabana, which unfortunately doesn’t have too many cocktails by the beach. It is at 3900m on the shores of Lake Titicaca, and the site of many Inca ruins. The group visited the Isla del Sol and enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and sunshine of the town before returning to the UK.
August 9, 2006
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The second week was in Cochabamba, working at an orphanage run by a Scottish nun. She was amazing and has set up a community bakery, the profit from which goes to fund university places for local young people. The cakes there are better than most in the UK, Humm. More weight gain. The orphanage was well run and funded, better than some of the other we went to see in the city. It also housed a number of disabled kids who were living and integrated with able bodies kids (unheard of normally in Bolivia).
In our third week we moved to La Paz which is an amazing city positioned in a huge basin with the town sprawling up the valley sides. From here we did a mini trek locally to help our acclimatization, walking through a massive 1000 feet deep Canyon which was awesome.
After this short trek we headed 12 hours on a bus north to Aplobamba to undertake a long trek. We spent 5 days in the mountains crossing a number of passes at 4800, 4900 and 5100m. The views were of pointy snowy peaks with Condors flying around, lovely. The nights were cold and crisp apart from one day when it rained!
A final trek just outside the colonial town of Sorata took the group to 5000m to view the beautiful Laguna Glacier.
The trip ended in Copacabana, which unfortunately doesn’t have too many cocktails by the beach. It is at 3900m on the shores of Lake Titicaca, and the site of many Inca ruins. The group visited the Isla del Sol and enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and sunshine of the town before returning to the UK.
August 9, 2006
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