"Mennonites In the Tropics of Santa Cruz" Proinnsias's photos around Santa Cruz, Bolivia

A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Santa Cruz, Bolivia by TravelPod blogger Proinnsias titled "Mennonites In the Tropics of Santa Cruz" Proinnsias's travel blog entry: "We got a night bus again with El Dorado to Santa Cruz for 25bs, not the most comfortable ride ever the road varies a lot from cobbles to dirt to concrete to god only knows what else, still though its not the worst 10hours I've ever spent on a bus. Arriving in Santa Cruz and get this there is a bus system, all the busses, collectivos and even taxis are numbered by route, amazing surely it can't be that hard to spread this line of thought elsewhere in this continent. Anyway from the bus station which is on one of the outer orbits of this, the largest city in Boliva you cant take 103, 49, 19 or 70 which will bring you in central 2 blocks from the main plaza on Calle Buenos Aires. I'm sure there are other numbers which might bring you closer but these are the ones we were told, the cost 1.50bs. When we arrive in the centre, we spend a good hour if not more walking around looking for somewhere to stay, accomodation here is very scarce. Immiadiately you notice the people here are different too, they are whiter and richer, it aint like the rest of Bolivia here and its difficult to get a smile out of anyone. We eventually find a Residencial La Pozo which has a twin room for 22.50bs each It isn't too bad has hot showers though they're shared per floor, and the mattresses are more my type with ...