Our internal flight to Sucre was delayed by 1 hour, but on leaving the terminal to board the plane we were all given little paper bags with 2 buns in them... strange, but nice! The best bit was the the flight only took 25mins and if you went by road, it would take 16 hours. That says a lot for the conditions of the road and the height we're up. It felt strange gaining height all the time to land on top of a mountain!We checked into the hotel and my friend Ina and I went for a walk around the city. It's vast and although the temperature is a lot lower than what we've had, the air is cleaner and the sun is so much stronger.
Today (23rd Oct) Chris and I had separate days. He wanted to go mountain biking and I fancied exploring the city a lot more. So Chris headed off at 9am and I met up with Ina at 10:15, jumped into a taxi and went to the Parque Cretacico, a place where a concrete quarry discovered a vast number of Dinosaur footprints and in the past 2 years, this park has opened to show people this phenomenon. We knew Chris' bike tour was taking him to this place, but we arrived at the same time as his group, so we were able to join them.
From this picture you can see some of the footprints in the background. Due to the plates moving on the earths floor, the originally flat land was pushed into this vertical wall. The ridges you can see are not footprints, but they are all around the wall.
From this picture you can see some of the footprints in the background. Due to the plates moving on the earths floor, the originally flat land was pushed into this vertical wall. The ridges you can see are not footprints, but they are all around the wall.From here Ina and I just wandered around the city again and enjoyed window shopping but it was sometimes difficult ignoring the children in the streets and the old women begging for money.
There are so many indigenous people in this city and also those who are very cosmopolitan. It's strange and I need to know more about the history of the place to comment properly, but from the number of people begging and working in the markets, you wonder where their culture is heading and what the future holds for them. Their goods are all sold worldwide, but what percentage actually goes to those who need it most?
We're leaving Sucre to head to Potosi, where there is still a lot of silver mining and we've heard mixed reports about the place, so I'll be interested to see what the people and conditions are like.
3 comments:
I can't say i've ever been to sucre... Or Heard of it!!
Although after reading your entry its sounds great.. dinosaur footprints, mountain biking. Great at noticing the divide, i guess most tourists would just seek out the shops. Your trip sounds really great, you've given me alot of great ideas, thanks for posting.
iRyan
Hiya, Emma was looking at your blog with me, she's got a very worried face on about the dinosaur footprints- she says that she doesn't like dinosaurs!
You both look like you're having a great time in better weather than us- it's typical halloweeny asmospherehere - cold, wet and windy and dark and dreary and to top it off the clocks went back an hour last night - try telling a toddler to lie in bed for an extra hour!
Your both really into the culture thing so good on you,we've people begging on the streets here to,it's called the credit crunch. Chris,watch the wife,looking for Tiffany shops now wants to see a silver mine,did you win the lottery or what?
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