April 15 - So I'm sitting in my hostel in Bolivia (La Dolce Vita, very very nice) with an upset stomach (not sure from what – could have been the street food at lunch yesterday or the 2 pints of local beer last night – both of which were v tasty at the time) and I have some decisions to make. My original plan was to stay in Sucre until my new credit card arrived from Ireland (the expiry date on my current one is the end of March) but I get the feeling that I might get a bit bored with that or else spend an absolute fortune on trips and tours while waiting for the card to turn up – it could take up to another whole week before it arrives. My options are looking like this:
Option 1 - Hang out in Sucre for another week: As stated above, this could potentially involve an outlay of quite a bit of cash, and I would need to change hostels as my current one is not available this weekend.
Option 2 – Volunteer at Inti Wara Yassi: Inti Wara Yassi is a wild animal refuge where volunteers work for a minimum of 2 weeks. It would mean missing out on Northern Bolivia entirely.
Option 3 – Go North in Bolivia: Go to La Paz, Coroica and the Amazon basin. This would mean not visiting Southern Bolivia at all. Flying out of La Paz to Brazil (expensive) or overlanding back across Bolivia and Brazil (time consuming) when I want to rest before going to Curitiba.
Decisions, decisions! I think it will be decided for me by emailing Inti Wara Yassi to see if they have space for me in the next 2 weeks.
Update: I checked the Inti Wara Yassi website today and I think it will take a bit more planning on my part to get there. Plus I think I may want to stay longer J once I am there. Maybe I will have to come back to it after Brazil...
Update 2: I'm taking the bus to Sucre and am planning to chance 'El Tren de la Muerte'.
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