Travel buddies in Sucre

We have come upon a rather ironic travel situation in Bolivia, because the very same blokes whom we snidely criticized behind their backs for not being prepared when crossing the border happen to be our two new travel companions. We befriended them when they surprisingly showed up at our hostel in La Paz, and then we convinced them that traveling south to Sucre would be a good idea, and then we would continue on to the Salt Flats in southwest Bolivia.

We took the overnight bus to Sucre, on which they showed an amazing Wesley Snipes movie, Passenger 57, which entertained Kelly and me for a good portion of the ride. After the excitement of the movie, I found it impossible to sleep and therefore we spent a good portion of the day sleeping in the hostel once our room was ready. Since we got in so early (7 am), we had to entertain ourselves until check in at 11, which we handily did by watching House Bunny, a truly ridiculous movie that we bought during our binge purchase on our way out of La Paz (where DVDs are about 50 US cents).

Sucre has a classier feel to it than La Paz, with less women in traditional wear and more variety in stores and museums. We went to the history museum, which was a big disappointment as it didn't clear much up in terms of the revolution, and we climbed one of the hills to have a beautiful look of the city as its settled in the mountains. On our second night, we stumbled into a restaurant that turned out to be affiliated with the local university and our student cards got us a 50% discount on the whole bill. We ordered tons of food and fresh fruit juices and then went back for dessert and still didn't break $3 USD per person. This country is impossibly cheap.

After dinner we played ping pong and foosball at what I can only assume is a university sponsored locale and went to bed early. Today we planned to go see a dinasaur park, but it's raining too much so instead decided to move on to the next town and start our tour of the salt flats, the major destination in Bolivia. However, as our new traveling group couldn't agree on whether to start the tours in Uyuni or Tupiza (long story), we split up, and Kelly and I are heading tonight to Tupiza to do the tour, afterwhich its all back to Buenos Aires!