Sucre, Day 1

I finally made it Sucre! The first bit of the way here was quite nice, excepting the fact that I managed to pick, for the third time in a row, a broken bus seat that doesn`t sit up straight (not good for my back). Anyway the views were great:

¨6.29pm - Sat. 25 Nov. 2006

¨Everything is beautiful after 6pm when there is still light but the sun is low on the horizon. The road to Sucre from Santa Cruz is dazzling right now; it snakes up into the mountains parallel with a river, water low because of little rain, lush trees above and below, and the clouds are glowing gold and white.¨

As for the rest of the ride...not so comfortable, but I made it here in one piece and am glad to rest for a couple nights:

¨12.59pm - Sun. 26 Nov. 2006

¨The bus ride was horribly uncomfortable last night and I barely slept, my back sore the whole time. We arrived before 7am this morning and I was relieved to make it to a hostel where I could sleep for a few hours.

¨I was up again at 10.30am, cleaned myself up, and am about to explore the city a bit. I need to find a tourist info office cuz I don`t have a map of the city. Tomorrow I`m going to gosee Cal Orcko, a cement quarry which is apparently the biggest dinosaur footprint site in the world. It has over 5000 footprints from 332 species, ¨measuring up to 80cm in diameter¨ according to the Lonely Planet guide.

¨From what I`ve read, Sucre`s other attractions are mainly museums and its old colonial architecture, most of which don`t really interest me right now. It`ll be nice just to look around, gather a few things, and move on. I`m going to make an effort to leave a few things behind as well as I`d like to lighten my load. I have yet to learn the art of travelling light! I seem to use most of what I have, but I`ve met other travellers who manage with 2/3 or less of what I have.

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¨7.37pm

¨I just got back from the cinema! Nothing is opened on Sunday so when I happened to pass by while wandering the streets I walked right in. The film playing was The Chronicles of Riddick, a bad Vin Diesel action film that I thoroughly enjoyed because it`s been 2.5 months since I`ve been to the cinema. It was in English with Spanish subtitles.¨