Leg 262, Apolo, Bolivia via Peru to Concepcion, Bolivia
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Exploring Bolivia today, more high mountain flying then into the jungle.
05-10 Apolo SLAP 6:37 AM
05-10 Ulla Ulla SLUU 7:02 AM 14,300ft
05-10 Manco Capac Intl SPJL 7:30 AM 12,552ft
05-10 Copacabana SLCC 8:03 AM 12,560ft
05-10 El Alto Intl SLLP 8:28 AM 13,325ft La Paz capital
05-10 Jorge Wilsterman SLCB 9:34 AM Cochabamba
05-10 Bulo Bulo SLBB 10:14 AM
05-10 Viru Viru Intl SLVR 10:41 AM
05-10 El Trompillo SLET 10:47 AM
05-10 Pailon SLPB 11:03 AM
05-10 Canada Larga SLNL 11:07 AM
05-10 Dalmacia SLDL 11:12 AM Bad stuttering
05-10 San Rafael 16°50’31.8"S 60°47’20.1"W 11:46 AM Wrong airstrip, Terrible stuttering, memory increasing
05-10 Concepcion SLCW 11:51 AM 5fps heavy stuttering 25MB RAM in use
Flight time 5:14 13 stops
Departure from Apollo Airport early morning (boosted exposure)
Sunrise over Charazani
Curva
Steady climb, high mountains ahead
Qala Phusa (16,024ft) in Ulla Ulla National Fauna Reserve
Ulla Qhaya (18,428ft)
Slowly climbing out of Ulla Ulla Airport, runway at 14,300ft, I think I can, I think I can
Lake Titicaca in Vilque Chico District, Peru, flying at 16,000ft
Taraco on Lake Titicaca
Incacerca in Titicaca National Reserve
Juliaca in the San Román province of southern Peru
Manco Capac International Airport, runway at 12,552ft
Llachon in Lake Tititcaca
Taquile Island, Huillanopampa
Apparently know for these kind of arches, Arc of Taquile
Copacabana Airport, just over the border in Bolivia, runway at 12,560ft
Copacabana on Lake Titicaca, known for religious festivals and red-roofed houses
Patapatani
El Alto International Airport, runway at 13,170ft
Gateway to La Paz, the highest administrative capital in the world resting on the Andes’ Altiplano plateau
Estadio Libertador Simón Bolívar (Club Bolivar) ahead
Estado Mayor, military base, the red barracks down below
Estadio Olímpico Hernando Siles, the country’s largest sports complex with a capacity of 41,143 seats
Bolognia district below, I’m already climbing to get over the next set of mountains
Flying over Estadio Rafael Mendoza home to The Strongest Club (founded 1908)
Sites of La Paz
The Witches’ Market, known for vendors selling dried llama fetuses & other folk remedies & potions
Valle de La Luna, known for its moonlike landscape
Basílica de San Francisco, monumental 18th-century church
And a peek in the Ethnography Museum
Cerro Mururate (19,262ft) the reason why I had to start climbing straight away
Qutapata (17,388ft) in front / on the left, I’m at 17,500ft, made it
Turning over Estancia Cacapi
Layqa Qullu (20,230ft)
Crossing an unknown river over Apita
Quime
Inquisivi, flying at 18,000ft, it feels wrong flying this high!
Tunari Peak (16,480ft) in Tunari National Park
Cochabamba in the center of Bolivia
Accesible by Jorge Wilsterman Airport
Some strange monoliths in the city, one at Santo Domingo Savio (school)
Street view from the crossing at my 10 o’clock confirms it’s definitely not there
Colomi on Corani Lake
Looks so tranquil
Achiras
Totora, you spelled Totoro wrong. Actually it’s the name of a plant indigenous to the region
The plants are used in parts of Latin America for the construction of reed mats, rafts, and boats
Parque Nacional Carrasco
I’m getting the itch to get the mountain bike out
Bulo Bulo
This I like my airstrips, easy to spot
Unnamed river at Bajío, actually it might be the Río Ancho (name placed 500m away from the river)
Pirai River in Valle Sánchez, these rivers normally have a lot less water
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia’s commercial center and the capital city of the Santa Cruz department
El Trompillo Airport in the middle of the city
Enjoying Bolivia’s farm country, here at Pailon
Dalmalcia Airport
Cuatro Canadas
Rio San Pablo in San Miguel
Little mistake, I thought that was the airstrip I was looking for
Seems functional enough and also looks like an airstrip on Google maps
But I misjudged the distance on the map, was zoomed out. Always check the scale!
The strip I was looking for, horizontal one ahead
Final stop today in San Rafael Municipality
Called Conception Airport in the game, but that’s 160km northwest from here
Home to Misiones Jesuitas San Rafael, part of the UNESCO Jesuit Missions route
More of Bolivia tomorrow and on to Paraguay.