Sucre: Bolivia's Capital...We Also Thought it was La Paz

Another new Bolivian, another new rant about transportation. We flew in the morning from Rurre to La Paz so we could catch a night bus to Sucre. Our bus was scheduled to leave La Paz at 7:30pm. Similar with the bus to Rurre we knew some parts would be unpaved and that we would be descending throughout the night (read hairpin turns). Our scheduled arrival was 6:00am though we started out a little late and made multiple stops at night so an on-time arrival seemed doubtful. In this case being late worked out in our favor, better to arrive at 8:00am when the sun is up and the day has begun.

Grabbing a taxi we made our way to our stunningly gorgeous AirBnB situated on a hillside overlooking Sucre's historic center. Before arriving, we WhatsApped with our host asking how much a taxi should cost ($10 Bolivianos), which everyone should either do or at least look up online if possible. The driver saw us and quickly quoted us $40 Bolivianos, we just as quickly replied "no" and even faster he reduced his price to the normal $10 Bolivianos. Knowledge is power ladies and gentleman.

Originally we planned to stay in Sucre for a week, but we instantly fell in love with the City and the apartment and decided on staying an extra few days. As mentioned in previous posts, we both really need times of domesticity to keep this trip going. In Sucre, we spent most of our time going to the market, cooking meals, sitting/reading in parks and plazas, etc. with a few museums and tours scattered in.

View of Sucre from our apartment

One of our favorite outings was visiting the Tesoro Museum, which showcases the history of Bolivian mining for metals/precious stones, as well as the artistic techniques used to craft these materials ranging from pre-Columbian to the current era. Unfortunately, no photography was allowed (all museum or monastery tours in Sucre had the same rule) But the building sits on the main square and has certain elements which date back to the 1560s.

Another interesting outing was to the Parque Cretácico. Located in a still working cement factory the park contains a hillside filled with dinosaur footprints. The dinosaur footprints of the cliff of Cal Orck'o is one of the biggest deposits (study of trace fossils) of footprints in the world. Over the last 68 million years or so the shifting in the tectonic plates created the cliff, which makes it look like the dinosaurs walked sideways.