Sucre, Bolivia

I like Sucre a lot. It's a small city (around 220,000 Sucrences) with a very present Spanish colonial style. Colonial Andalusian architecture says wikipedia.  Sucre held title as the capital of Bolivia until La Paz took the reins in 1898.  The city still serves as the constitutional capital and the Supreme Court is located here.

   The city center is clean, the locals are incredibly friendly and it seems as if there is a bar or church on every street in the town center. Two great options to cater to your mental state. Sucre is also home to the Universidad Mayor Real & Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, which is one of the oldest universities in the Americas.

  Luckily our loosely planned itinerary landed us here during the Virgin de Guadalupe festival. The festival consists of endless parades, bands, traditional Bolivian dance/dress and  South Side Irish Parade levels of consumption.    

THE CATHEDRAL

San Francisco Church - One of several churches in Sucre

The Virgin of Guadalupe Shrine

The parade started at around 8am and went well past midnight. It was intense. The traditional dress, marching bands and lively locals were the highlights of the night.

My next Halloween costume