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A JOURNEY IN BOLIVIA 1988

a large amount of periodicals was disorderly stored, including Succulenta and KuaS. We sincerely thanked Mr. Marquez for allowing us to see all of this and walked, an experience richer, back to the center of the city. Here we once again ventured to the Chinese restaurant and a sorbet. At half past eight we were asleep. We had experienced that in Bolivia a night's sleep of ten hours is not an unnecessary luxury.

Saturday, August 13th

The morning was spent waiting, because the plane was not to leave until the afternoon. At noon we were taken to the airport by a rickety taxi, where the next waiting period started until four. We met a young couple here: she was Bolivian, he English. She told us a few things about Bolivia in excellent English.

The flight took half an hour. We had an impressive view over the Andes. We noticed that several mountain peaks were quite pointed. Many others, which were flatter, had fields up to the top. Now and then a wide river valley cut through this landscape.

In Sucre we were stormed by taxi drivers, who wanted to take us to town for Bs 15, but when we indicated that we wanted to take the bus, Bs 8 turned out to be an acceptable price too. We were transported to a nice hotel, which was already full. A little further we found shelter in Hotel (alogamiento) Bustillo, where we slept many nights. For Bs 7, per person, we had a really nice room. We immediately asked here where we could rent a car. There was no answer to this, but no doubt it would be resolved the next day.

Sucre came across as pleasant, quieter than Cochabamba. There are still some very beautiful buildings, but they may partly indicate past glory.

Close to our hotel was the market; from the street you could see the small mountain where S. canigueralii would grow. And we found an excellent Chinese restaurant opposite the market. Unfortunately I had been feeling a bit nauseous all day and that got worse over the course of the evening.