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Sleeping & Eating
During Pujllay accommodations fill up quickly, so you may want to hedge your bets and
carry camping gear. Alternatively you can speak to the tourist office in Sucre about the
possibilities of lodging with a local family (B$20 per person).
The plaza and nearby streets have a handful of basic restaurants. Meals of
chorizo
, soup
and
charquekan
(dried llama meat served with potatoes and corn) are available from street
stalls during market hours.
HI Centro Ecológico Juvenil $
(
644-0471; r per person B$60)
The nicest digs are at Centro Ecológico Juvenil, which
is signposted from the plaza. The Centro is a member of Hostelling International and has
brand spanking new rooms arranged around a little courtyard. They can also arrange
meals if you are peckish.
HOSTEL
Maliki $$
(just off the plaza; mains B$25-60)
About the best place to eat in town and a notable step
up in quality from the street stalls. Meats and chicken predominate, served in an attractive,
sunny courtyard.
LATIN AMERICAN
ICLA
With Tarabuco becoming a bit of a tourist trap these days, more adventurous travelers will no doubt be in search of
an alternative destination that is really off the beaten track. Icla, 120km from Sucre, just about fits the bill. Set in an
imposing canyon dripping with waterfalls and riddled with caves, this remote area is of extreme natural beauty and
you won't see another tourist for miles. Scores of dinosaur footprints surround the area and you may be able to con-
vince locals to show you the geological formations and cave paintings in some of the more accessible caves.
To get here you'll need to take
micro 14
or
B
from Calle Ravelo in Sucre to the town of Pokonas, from where you
can organise a ride on to Icla. It's definitely worth the trip.
