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5月10日 The 25 wonders of the worldThe 1st new wonder of the world is the Salt flats of Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. There would have been an outcry if the Rough Guide had not included in its 25 Wonders of the World the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the World still left standing. So, yes, obviously the Pyramids of Giza – and if the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (south of Baghdad) were here today . . . well, if they were here today they would be gone tomorrow, but an earthquake got there about 2,000 years before the bomb-makers of the al-Mahdi Army. And, yes, obviously, the Taj Mahal. And I suppose any attempt at speed-dating with the Wonders of the World would have to include the Great Wall of China. And I agree about Machu Picchu, although visitors to that magical place may agree that the magic lies more in the situation than in the ruins themselves. And I agree about Arizona’s Grand Canyon (nice canyon – shame about the state). Like the truly awesome Victoria Falls, also on the list, there are must-see places that really aren’t a disappointment when you do see them. My family lived in what is now Zimbabwe for eight years without bothering to visit the Victoria Falls, mostly because everyone else did and it seemed a bit touristy, like the Tower of London. But when we did go – wow! The Tower of London’s not bad, either. Have you been? Most Londoners haven’t. Petra? Yes, the Rough Guide must be right, because everyone I’ve ever met who’s been there says this city carved from a red rock cliff-face is spellbinding. Venice, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the Easter Island statues . . . these are not sights from which people return saying the reality was a bit of a let-down. But the authors of this little booklet have faced a dilemma: the same dilemma they face throughout this series. It is this. In a high-speed gallop around the world’s best countries, experiences and places, do you go for the obvious, or do you take a walk on the wild (or at least quirky) side and suggest journeys your readers might never have thought of? I’ve always been ambivalent about the Rough Guide take on things. At its best it cuts the crap, spares readers the worthy guff about dates and dynasties, and primes travellers with some smart ideas for doing things differently. At its worst it can be self-consciously alternative – the guidebook for people who think themselves too cool for guidebooks. I really don’t want to be advised to sink a Guinness in Dublin, for instance (yawn), in the booklet on the British Isles. And in 25 Wonders of the World we could have been spared the Sagrada Familia, GaudÍ’s fantasy proto-cathedral in Barcelona. Best viewed as an elaborate architectural joke, the Sagrada Familia would not be out of place in Disney World in Florida, where cool people do not go. If they did, and found “Gaudi’s modernist masterpiece” there, they would call it naff. OK, cool people, go to Barcelona. But don’t expect a wonder of the world. And Las Vegas? Please. What next? Dollywood? Are we talking ironic here, or could we just have some practical advice? What else might I have left out? Some of this guide’s determined attempt to suggest more than the obvious looks interesting. The world’s biggest dam, Itaipú, in Paraguay, for instance; and I was about to say that Uluru in Australia, which I’ve never heard of, sounds fantastic – until I discovered that they mean Ayers Rock. Oh, spare us this PC stuff, Mr, Mrs (or Ms) Rough Guide. I agree that whole-landscape experiences are valid wonders, sometimes more wondrous than jolly-interesting-thing experiences, and I heartily approve of this list’s inclusion of the entire Amazon, and the Sahara. If we’re ticking boxes then there’s a good glacier, too, a questionable mosque – but no cathedral (not cool) – a majestic mountain range, and a real find for wonder-seekers: the vast and other-planet Uyuni salt-pan in Bolivia, where you must go at once if you haven’t been yet. From: http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/destinations/article1737377.ece 5月7日 Chapare Tropical de CochabambaIniciando Mayo, 6 familias partimos rumbo al trópico de Cochabamba a pasar unos días en la población de Villa Tunari. A nuestro paso por la ciudad de Cochabamba se nos unen dos familias más para recorrer los restantes 170 Km. de viaje. En poco más de 2 horas descendemos de los 3700 m.s.n.m de la cumbre de Corani a los 300 m.s.n.m. de nuestro destino. Ya en Villa Tunari nos reunimos con 4 familias más que radican en la ciudad de Santa Cruz y que también pasaran el fin de semana con nosotros. El numeroso grupo conforma una gran familia dispuesta a disfrutar del lugar en los 4 días que nos esperan. Villa Tunari es la puerta del Chapare desde la cual se puede acceder al Parque Nacional y Territorio Indígena Isiboro Sécure que hacia el norte se une con la amazonía boliviana. Aprovechamos nuestra estadía para disfrutar de la piscina, realizar paseos a los atractivos naturales que abundan en los alrededores, sus numerosos ríos de agua cristalina forman pozas de suave arena, excelentes para refrescarse. También visitamos el Parque La Jungla con sus numerosos atractivos, tanto para niños como para adultos, entre ellas los columpios gigantes y las tirolesas. No se desaprovecho toda oportunidad para degustar los deliciosos platos de pescado fresco que se sirven en toda la zona, el Surubí, Pacú y el Dorado son típicos manjares de la zona. Así mismo disfrutamos de la gran cantidad de fruta que la región produce y que se vende a bajo precio en todas partes. Satisfecha nuestra sed de trópico y selva retornamos a nuestras ciudades ya platicando sobre la siguiente visita que realizaremos al Chapare Cochabambino. 1月11日 Parque Nacional MadidiA finales de Diciembre de 2006, cuatro familias miembros del ORC Bolivia salimos de la ciudad de La paz en busca de climas cálidos donde pasar los feriados de fin de año.
Nuestro primer destino fue Caranavi en los Yungas paceños, 3 días de piscina en la capital cafetalera de Bolivia nos brindaron los anhelados baños de sol y a los niños les dió la posibilidad divertirse incontables horas, libres de toda preocupación.
Tras recorrer 250 Km. hacia el norte sobre caminos en muy mal estado a causa de las lluvias llegamos a la pintoresca población de Rurrenabaque en el departamento del Beni. Donde permanecimos los siguientes 4 días disfrutando del calor, los hermosos paisajes y aprovechando de la especialidad del lugar, el pescado en todas sus variedades.....imposible olvidar el restauran “La Perla de Rurre” con su inconfundible “Dorado al Ajillo”.
Rurrenabaque es la puerta a la amazonía boliviana y la entrada a al Parque Nacional Madidi, no podíamos desaprovechar la oportunidad de ingresar a la gigantesca reserva y vivir un poco de su intacta naturaleza. De manos de los expertos guías de la comunidad indígena Mashaquipe navegamos sobre el río Beni y el Tuhichi hasta ingresar al Parque donde tuvimos oportunidad de caminar en la selva, ver árboles y plantas exóticas, huellas de animales salvajes y ver a las Parabas rojas en su hábitat.
El año nuevo en Rurrenabaque es una fiesta muy esperada, como en todas partes, las incontables fiestas se hacían escuchar y el alboroto de toda la gente que bien arreglada se preparaba para recibir el 2007. Lo mismo hicimos nosotros...que en familia disfrutamos del momento y brindamos por nuevos y mejores días para todos.
También se aprovecho de visitar la vecina población de San Buena Aventura que ya pertenece al departamento de La Paz, visitando sus conocidos hoteles Jatauba Lodge y Jatatal.
El siguiente destino fue la población paceña de Ixiamas en la Provincia Abel Iturralde, situada a 110 Km. de Rurrenabaque. A 258 m.s.n.m. es el asentamiento más norteño del departamento de La Paz y conocida por ser utilizada antes como campo de exilio para políticos.
Población pequeña de gente muy amable atravesada por el río del mismo nombre y a puertas del Parque Nacional Madidi. Tras acampar un día en Ixiamas retornamos a Rurrenabaque y de ahí a La Paz tras 10 días de intensas emociones vividas. 11月21日 Salares de Uyuni y CoipasaUn nuevo reto estaba planteado, aprovechando el agradable clima de Noviembre decidimos recorrer el salar de Coipasa en el departamento de Oruro y el salar de Uyuni en el de Potosí, todo e un solo recorrido. Tarea nada sencilla ya que el recorrido que los une atraviesa zonas agrestes por vías vecinales poco recorridas, es así que los más de 500 Km. realizados sobre polvorientos caminos nos tomó 2 días. En la población de Tambo Quemado tuvimos la oportunidad de conocer e integrarnos con los miembros del Wilderness Explorer, equipo malayo que recorre toda súdame rica y justo visitaba Bolivia en la oportunidad. Sobre el salar de Uyuni....ya todo se ha dicho, es maravilloso, mágico, único. Pero el Salar de Coipasa nos dejó una muy grata impresión, no es tan grande como el de Uyuni pero es muy hermoso, apoyado sobre el imponente Cerro Coipasa y casi tocando la frontera con Chile....éramos los únicos ahí.....absolutamente pintoresco. Una noche de camping en la población de Sabaya, lluvia intensa por la noche y un amanecer perfecto...la segunda noche en el lujoso hotel Luna Salada, ubicado al pie del salar de Uyuni, cerca de la población de Colchani y enteramente construido de sal, nos brindo el descanso necesario para el camino de retorno. Tras recorrer un total de 1,300 Km. retornamos a la ciudad de La Paz por la carretera principal que une a Uyuni con nuestra ciudad, la aventura vivida no hizo mas que reforzar la admiración por la belleza de nuestra tierra y afirmar los lazos de amistad que nos unen y motivan a realizar estas aventuras. 3月29日 Jesuit Missions of the ChiquitosJesuit Missions of the Chiquitos Santa Cruz Bolivia
The region at the east of Santa Cruz de la Sierra named CHIQUITOS, by the Spanish (apparently because the indigenous inhabitants lived in houses with low doorways – chiquito means small), this region was the scene of one of the most extraordinary episodes in Spanish colonial history. In the eighteenth century, a handful of Jesuit priests established a series of flourishing mission towns, where previously hostile indigenous Chiquitanos converted to Catholicism, adopting European agricultural techniques and building some of the most magnificent colonial churches in South America, six of the ten Jesuit mission churches have been restored and are recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites as Cultural Patrimony of Humanity in 1991. Their incongruous splendour in the midst of the wilderness is one of the most remarkable sights in Bolivia.
Of all the cultural influences brought by the Jesuits, music was the one most enthusiastically embraced by the Chiquitanos, and the choirs and orchestras of the settlements were said to have matched anything in Spanish America at the time.
The six missions can be visited in a five to seven-day loop by road and rail from Santa Cruz or directly from Brazil. A rough road runs northeast to San Javier and Concepción, then continues to San Ignacio (from where the churches of San Miguel, San Rafael and Santa Ana can all be visited in a day). From San Ignacio, the road heads south to San José, the easternmost of the surviving missions, which is on the railway line between Santa Cruz and the Brazilian border at Quijjaro.
San Ignacio, Jesuit construction of 1632 that, partially reconstructed, revive the history of the missions among the XVII and XVIII centuries. Besides the ruins of the housings of the Indians and of the priests, the most remarkable building is that of the church. In the bordering area, appropriate places exist for sport fishing and a natural spa on the river Yabebiry.
San Javier, mission was the first of the Chiquitos reductions to be founded by Fr. José Francisco de Arce, this one on the last day of 1691. The first mission encountered after the long drive from Santa Cruz, it is a prototypical example of Chiquitos architecture, with its sweeping, wide eaves and its brightly colored Baroque façade.
Santa Ana, the most remote church of the circuit, has the most original architecture intact from the colonial era. It is less decorated than the other churches, covered with a layer of putty-colored paint. The only decorations on its façade are six twisted columns that do not meet the roof; they give the impression of being massive candlesticks.
Concepción, founded in 1708, it is characterized for its simplicity and quietness of its streets boarder lined by adobe houses with galleries. It also had a great variety of orchids. Here the Jesuits past are revived with a greater frequency on the Holy Week celebrations.
San José de Chiquitos, The uniqueness of this mission church, built in 1740, is its facade built entirely of stone and its design which is different from other churches in the circuit. The natural surroundings are suitable for the practice of active tourism activities. This highland area has great potential for the practice of trekking, mountain climbing, orientation activities, aerial sports, etc.
San Rafael de Velasco, the second oldest mission settlement, was established in 1696 by the Jesuit Frs. Juan Bautista Zea and Francisco Hervás (who both later co-founded two other missions each). Translated once in 1701 and again in 1750, it shares many of the same characteristics that nearby Santa Ana and San Miguel possess: a timeless charm, tranquil lifestyle, and fidelity to its Jesuit-inspired traditions. It is roughly equidistant from both of these towns. 3月13日 Uyuni Salt Lake, white deserts and colored lagoonsUyuni Salt Lake, white deserts and colored lagoons
Between heaven and earth there is a great watery salt plain where the heavens are mirrored in the horizon of the earth. The Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia's largest salt lake, was created forty thousand years ago as a flat bed into which the salty mineral residue drained from the mountains.
The Salar de Uyuni, with over twelve thousand square kilometers, is the largest salt flats in the world; during the wet season it appears as a mirror lake that can be traversed not by boats but by four wheel vehicles-- it is only six to twenty inches deep.
Driving across it is one of the weirdest and most fantastic experiences anywhere on the continent, when the bright blue skies contrast with the blinding-white salt crust. Dawn and dusk on the salt flats are wonderful spectacles, and in the rainy season they turn into a gigantic mirror. It is a photographers paradise. 3月7日 Where is Bolivia located?Bolivia is located in center of South America surrounded for Argentina, Chile, Peru, Brazil and Paraguay.
With more than 1 million Km2 Bolivia offer the only one oportunity to trip from the amazonas to the highest mountains of Cordillera Real just in few hours, crossing the most spectacular protected areas of the world. Bolivia's 22 national parks and protected areas represent 15.6% of the country's total land mass.
The diversity of the parks is huge, spanning climatic zones from the high-altitude Altiplano of Sajama National Park to Otuquis National Park in Bolivia's tropical, lowland Pantanal. Amboro National Park, located near Santa Cruz, has more than 800 species of birds alone, while Madidi National Park, north of La Paz, commands 11% of the world's species of flora and fauna. To the Bolivian tourism authorities, boosting tourism to the country's protected areas is seen as the solution to the funding crisis and crucial to moving Bolivia's fledgling tourism industry - 400,000 international arrivals per annum - on to the next level. |
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