Quote: (03-29-2015 11:34 PM)getdownonit Wrote:Thats very true, people usually go from santa cruz to asuncion going through argentina first. The road (if you can call it a road) is shit.
I hope, for your own sake, that you're looking into flights, not buses. From Cuzco until you come down from the Altiplano nearing Santa Cruz you're travelling through some of the highest mountain roads on Earth. Then comes the sweltering heat and humidity of Eastern Bolivia, then dry, desertic Chaco once you're near the Paraguayan border, almost the whole way to Asuncion. If you're on a bus there, pray to god your vehicle doesn't break down.
Cuzco to La Paz is an overnight bus (over 10 hours), as is La Paz to Santa Cruz. Sucre is off in the mountains to the South, out of the way if you're going straight La Paz-SCZ, so going there doesn't save any time. Then SCZ to Asuncion is 18 hours. That's plus border controls in the night, stops for food, toilet, pickups, dropoffs, people coming on to sell you food, water, etc. It's doable, but rough. Keep in mind you probably won't be feeling 100% to begin with due to food/water issues, motion sickness, difficulty sleeping on a bus, stress of travel, etc. Also there's certainly a risk of having your bags stolen or stolen from while you're asleep.
Why would anyone even want to come to this place?
Also im sorry but im not buying this hidden gem in bolivia thing. Just because 1 in 10000 girls is hot and the rest are indigenous people with barely any teeth doesnt make any trip worthwhile.