My big holiday this year was to Bolivia. The main part was going to be trekking and mountaineering, but because all these activities were going to be in higher altitude, we planned about 5 days around La Paz to get acclimatized. Eric and I got to Bolivia June 4th, we met with Alex who has been traveling in Bolivia already and Mark, who missed his flight and arrived a few days later. First we explored La Paz, then we drive through the "Dead road" for one day to Coroico and then we left La Paz for Lake Titicaca. We stayed one night on Sun Island and had a chance to walk around some Inca ruins, then we returned to the shore and at Copacabana we met up with Jyotsna, Anand and Jaya for next part of our trip.
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Moje letosni velka dovolena byla v Bolivii. Hlavni cast dovolene byla prochazenim hor a horolezectvi, ale protoze tyto aktivity probihaly ve vyssi nadmorske vysce, tak jsme si naplanovali asi 5 dni pobliz La Paz abychom si na vyssi nadmorskou vysku zvykli. Eric a ja jsme prileteli do Bolivie 4. Cervna, potkali jsem se s Alexem, ktery uz v Bolivii cestoval a s Markem, kteremu uletelo letadlo a priletel o par dni pozdeji. Nejdrive jsme si prochazeli La Paz, pak jsme si vyjeli po "Silnici smrti" do Coroica a pote jsme odejeli z La Paz k jezeru Titicaca. Jednu noc jsme zustali na ostrove Slunce a meli jsme tak prilezitost se projit kolem pozustatku staveb Incu, pak jsme se vratili na pobrezi do Copacabany, kde jsem se potkali s Jyotsnou, Anandem a Jaya kteri se pripojili na dalsi cast dovolene.
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For our second part of holiday, we met up with Tommi to top our group to 8 people. We traveled to to Pelechuco, Cordillera Apolobamba for almost whole day. Most of the way the road was unpaved. Eric was quite sick and as we traveled to higher elevations I felt the altitude. We arrived after dark and slept in small local hostel. The next morning we started our hike from Pelechuco to Charazani, almost every day we went through a pass, the highest was 16 700 ft high, and one day we had extra when Tommi, Anand and Mark went to summit mountain Cuchillo. We finished up the trek at thermal spa. From Charazani we again split, Jyotsna, Jaya, Anand and Alex went back to La Paz, Eric, Tommi, Mark and I drove to Sorata.
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Pro druhou cast nasi dovolene jsme se potkali na ceste s Tommim a tak nas bylo celkem 8. Jeli jsme do Pelechuca, Cordillera Apolobamba skoro cely den. Vetsina cest po ceste tam byla nezpevnena. Eric se necitil vubec dobre a ja jsem zacala pocitovat nadmorskou vysku jak jsme stoupali vyse. Prijeli jsme az za tmy a ubytovali se v mistim malem hostelu. Nasledujici den jsme zacali nasi turu z Pelechuca do Charazani, temer kazdy den jsme sli pres prusmyk, ten nejvyssi 5100 m, a jeden den jsme meli extra kdy Tommi, Anand a Mark lezli na horu Cuchillo. Pochod jsme zakoncili v termalnich laznich. V Charazani jsme se opet rozdelili, Jyotsna, Jaya, Anand a Alex jeli zpet do La Paz, Eric, Tommi, Mark a ja jsme pak jeli do Soraty.
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Last part of my trip was the hardest one. First Eric, Tommi, Mark and I went to Sorata, where we had 1 day to relax. Then guides arrived to take us for the mountain and Eric went back to La Paz and then California. The first day we were supposed to hike up to the lake Chillata at elevation 4200 m, but we just drove by car to the highest possible elevation which was just under 4000 m. The next day we hiked up to lake Glaciar (5040 m). The next "surprise" was that we had only 4 porters with us and it meant that for 3 of us only 1, so Tommi and Mark carried most of their gear on their own. The following day we hiked up to high camp, which was actually lower then it supposed to be because porters couldn't go much further in their simple shoes. For the summit we started at 3 am and summitted at 10 am, then we return to the lake Glaciar with small break at the high camp. At the lake were another 4 people - from the Czech Republic! The next day we descended to Sorata and drove back to La Paz. The last day in La Paz was just to relax and finish souvenir shopping.
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Posledni cast me dovolene byla nejtezsi. Nejdrive Eric, Tommi, Mark a ja jsme jeli do Soraty, kde jsme meli jeden den na zrelaxovani. Pruvodci prijeli por nas druhy den, Eric jel zpet do La Paz a Kalifornie. Prvni den jsme meli vyslapat k jezerru Chillata ve vysce 4200 m, ale jen jsme vyjeli autem do nejvyssi mozne vysky, coz bylo trochu pod 4000 m. Nasledujici den jsme vysli k jezeru Glaciar (5040 m). Nase dalsi "prekvapeni" bylo kdyz jsme zjistili ze mame k dispozici jen 4 nosice a to znamenalo, ze pro nas 3 jen jednoho, tak Tommi a Mark nesli vetsinu svyho vybaveni sami. Nasledujici den jsem vysli do vyskoveho tabora, ktery byl nize nez mel byt, protoze nosici se v jejich primitivnim obuti dale dostat nemohli. Posledni den jsme zacali ve 3 rano a na vrcholku jsme byli v 10, pak jsme se vratili zpet k jezeru Glaciar, s malou prestavkou ve vyskovem tabore. U jezera byli dalsi 4 lidi - z Ceske republiky!. Nasledujici den jsme sesli zpet do Soraty a pak jeli do La Paz. Posledni den v La Paz by na zrelaxovani a posledni nakupy suvenyru.
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