March 23, 2013 @ Sucre, Bolivia


First leg 5.5 hours, SFO > MIA

Second leg 6.5 hours, MIA > LPE

Food on AA, what can you expect

Bolivia, here I come

La Paz Airport, kinda like Huanglong Airport

Boliviana de Aviacion

Sickness bag

La Paz is the highest national capital in the world.

The Andes and park

Sucre is the constitutional capital and the seat of the Supreme Court

Famous for surrounding dinosaur footprints

KulturCafe Berlin

Pretty traditional colonial style mansion

One of the three courtyard

Bolivian mom and son

Plaza Monteagudo

Parroquia de Santo Domingo

Banco Nacional de Bolivia

Plazuela Santa Cruz

Statue @ Plazuela Santa Cruz

Mercado Central

Old Bolivian woman

They all carry a bad

A lot of fresh veggie

Meal section

Typical Bolivian mom outfit

Basilica de San Francisco

Basilica de San Francisco

Santa Monica

Bibloteca USFX

USFX

The city centre is on the UNESCO World Heritage List

Napping while no customer

Jugo de naranja, one of the few Spanish phrases I know

Templo de San Agustin

Plazuela Zudanez

Statue @ Plazuela Zudanez

Sucre – la ciudad blanca or white city

San Felipe de Neri

Inside of San Felipe de Neri

Its architecture is more an example of neo-classical style

Some government building

The last supper painting

The monastery of San Felipe de Neri was built from 1795 to 1799

The entrance to the monastery is very hidden

The monastery has a beautiful roof terrace with a brick floor

Historic City of Sucre, UNESCO #30

View of the northeast

Bell tower and tiled rooftop

First attemp

Second attemp

Gorgeous views

Tiled rooftop

Courtyard

Bell towers

Roof @ San Felipe de Neri

Underneath the blue sky shines its white painted colonial houses

At 2,710m altitude above sea level, the climate is spring like all year around

Sucre Cathedral

This guy has been waiting for long

Detail facade @ sucre Cathedral

PDA

Statue @ Plaza 25 de Mayo

Beaterio de Santa Rita

Honour Parlour @ Casa de la Libertad

Dragon faucet

Piano @ Viceroyalty Hall

Courtyard

Independence Representatives Hall

The chapel was the meeting hall

Where Bolivian independence was declared on 25 May 1825

AKA Independence Hall

Presidents Gallery

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Sucre

Independence hero Mariscal Antonio Jose de Sucre, first president of Bolivia

Some religious event

Most of the stores are closed due to holiday

San Miguel

Today is some kind of religious holiday

Bolivian mom and daughter

Shanghai Restaurant

Convento Santa Clara

Monasterio y Templo de Santa Teresa

A hilly city

Parroquia de San Lazaro

Statue of Mary

Parroquia de San Lazaro

Arr, walk uphill

Monastery de La Recoleta

El Mirador AKA La Recoleta

Place of La Recoleta & Peregrina fountain

Beautiful panaromic view of the whole city

Sweeping terrace decorated with white columns and arches

Beautiful structure

Drinks @ Cafe Mirador

First meal of the day

Road close tomorrow, taking night taxi to Potosi

I got my own room


Rooftop @ San Felipe de Neri


Rooftop @ San Felipe de Neri


Rooftop @ San Felipe de Neri


El Mirador AKA La Recoleta