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