We took a shared taxi from Potosí to Sucre. It costs 200 Bs for the whole taxi (about $30 for the 2.5 hour ride). There was another guy in the hotel who was going to the airport in Sucre so just the three of us split it (normally there's four to a shared taxi). The shared taxi was much more convenient (door-to-door in both cities), more comfortable and faster.
We arrived in Sucre around noon. I had been checking the forecast on theweathernetwork.com and it had showed rain every day for the past month. However it was a nice sunny day, 20C, when we arrived.
We checked into Hostal de Su Merced, which Heather had found rated #1 for Potosí on tripadvisor. Just in case we hadn't seen it there, the hotel had a plaque in the lobby announcing their tripadvisor rating.
It was still relatively early in the day, we didn't lose a day to travel.
Sucre is a very affluent city (also the political capital of Bolivia). The centro is almost completely restored, one of the nicest colonial cities I've seen. Every building is white with terra-cotta roof tiles.
Lunch was great, we had the set menu at La Posada, soup, chicken with a mustard sauce, and ice cream for dessert, for 35 Bs ($5) each.
We visited Templo Nuestra Señora de la Merced, a church just across the street from our hotel. The outside is plain, but inside almost everything is gold-plated. The church was in disrepair but still looked amazing. We climbed to the roof for great views of the city. It wasn't as tiring as climbing in Potosí, now that we're only at 2750m.
Forgot to mention, we got our running shoes cleaned in Potosí. There's shoe shine people all about (as in most places in the world). Most of them also clean your shoes if they're not polish-able. So now we're walking around with our shoes looking like a million bucks.
Heather and I are just relaxing on the rooftop terrace at the hotel, waiting for the sun to set. Then we're off for dinner.
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