Dave Go Round

All night bus rides have become something of a specialty of mine. So has getting ripped off. Luckily, when leaving La Paz for the second time, my wonderful hosts gave me yet another piece of superlative advice. If you go to the bus terminal and buy your bus ticket for Uyuni there, instead of paying [...]

Rurrenebaque is the best part of Bolivia. Aside from dynamite, because dynamite is just all around excellent. This includes the surrounding jungles and is, of course, a sweeping generalization. Getting to Rurrenebaque is rather easy from La Paz if you are willing to invest either the time or money; 20 hours on a bus, or$ [...]

I have heard from many people what a nice city this is. Then upon further probing, everyone seems to say they thought it would be a rathole and it turned out to be decent. I came into it the same way. Let me tell you, you may not want to spend extended amounts of time [...]