Sucre, Bolivia

From Potosi we traveled east 4 hours to the city of Sucre. We didn´t know much about the city but it was recommended from some other travelers. Upon our arrival we were pleasantly surprised, as the city was a significant upgrade from Potosi. To compare it was like switching from Provost to Banff, big improvement. It did not feel like Bolivia at all, the streets were clean, there were high rise condo units, and the people dressed very modern.

We checked into the ¨Grand Hotel¨ which had a feeling of ultra luxury for a great price. From there we boarded the ´´Dino Truck´´ enroute to Drumheller…I mean the Sucre Dino Museum. Sucre has the largest collection of Dinosaur footprints at one location in the world. They have discovered 5000 individual tracks left in the mud from 68 million years ago. The tracks have been pushed up by the Andes fault action to a 72 degree angle so they are nearly vertical. A Dinosaur museum was built next to the tracks which we toured. Hopefully we can upload some pictures some day, but they claim to have the largest replica Dinosaur in the world, but the T-Rex in Drumheller might have it beat, either way it was very impressive.

From Sucre we just took a 9 hour bus ride to Uryni, home of the worlds largest Salt Flats. We begin a 3 day tour Friday morning so we will be posting upon our return. (Sunday or Monday)

COLIN