Tag Archives: San Jose de Chiquitos

The Road to Adventure

Posted on 2016-03-13 by

Photographed near San José de Chiquitos in Bolivia. Advertisements

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Bolivia: Constitutional Law on Drugs

Posted on 2016-03-12 by

The hotel at which I stayed in San José de Chiquitos (I didn’t find any Couchsurfing host there) banned not only the indoor use of dogs, cats and cigarettes, but also of coca leaves. This prohibition surprised me because coca leaves … Continue reading →

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On the Orient Express in Bolivia

Posted on 2016-03-12 by

Long-term readers are already aware of it: the railroad is my favorite means of transport. So you can imagine my excitement when I read that Bolivia has an Orient Express: the Expreso Oriental from Santa Cruz to Quijarro on the border with Brazil. The excitement grew … Continue reading →

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My Shadow is a Cowboy

Posted on 2016-02-21 by

The great thing about a hat is that your own shadow suddenly looks much cooler. (Photographed on the walk from San José de Chiquitos to Santa Cruz la Vieja in Bolivia. But that doesn’t really matter for this photo, does it?)

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