5月4日
4 May |
コパカバーナからHuarina乗り換えで、アマゾン川に少し下った町ソラタへ。
A trip to Sorata in the Amazonian side of the Andes via Huarina |
コパカバーナ発7:00のラパス行バスに乗る。途中、Tiquinaでバスごと渡し船に乗ってチチカカ湖を渡る。Huarinaで、ラパス発ソラタ行のバスに乗り換え。アチャカチから先は未舗装。そこで軍の検問所に行って入境手続き。スペイン語ができないため、同じバスの欧米人の若者に助けを求める。途中、アンデスの山がきれい。
ソラタでは、中庭を囲んだこぎれいな部屋に電気温水器もついたHotel el Paraiso泊。30ボリビアーノ。この宿の唯一の欠点は、朝が遅いこと。出発の日には、たたき起こして門の鍵を開けてもらうのに苦労。
小さな町だが、地域の中心なので、多くの人が買い物に集まる。市場の2階のレストランなどはお勧め。米ドルの両替をしてくれる商店があるが、レートが悪いので、できる限り、ここに来る前に両替を。
My bus for La Paz departed Copacabana at 7:00. It crossed a channel in
Lake Titicaca on a small ferry boat on the way at Tiqunan. At Huarina,
I took a bus for Soratra coming from La Paz. On the way, at Achacachi,
we must stop at a military police check point with a passport. Because
I did not understand Spanish, I requested help to a Europen youth for the
procedure. The Andean mountains were beautiful on the way.
Accommodation in Sorata was at Hotel el Paraiso at 30 Bolivianos. It is
a comfortable hotel with spacious rooms around a courtyard and with hot
water. One problem with this hotel was that they get up very late in the
morning. It took time to wake them up to have them open the gate on my
departure day.
Although the twon of Sora itself is small, may people come from villages
for shopping etc. A restaurant upstairs in the main market may be recommended.
Although one or two shops may exchange US dollar, the exchange rate is
not at all good. Therefore visitors should change money before coming here. |
