TRAVEL AND TOURS

The radiant rays of the sun get lost in a new, grey and sombre horizon, while the sky is occupied by vanguards of black, irritable clouds, about to explode in millions of refreshing drops. The aroma of rain fills the banks of a river of restless waters. The storm announces itself in the lands of the infinite greenery.

The rain doesn't threat anybody. The children play, jump and laugh, while the adults eat luscious plates of "majao" (rice, dry meat and paprika) or locro (soup with rice and hen). The afternoon perspires heaviness and fatigue in the Cabins of Piraí, one of the many charming corners in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the tropical paradise of Bolivia.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra was founded in 1561 by the Spanish captain Ñuflo de Chavez and is located in the oriental part of Bolivia. This part of the county is full of forests, rivers and prairies and is absolutely different than the Altiplano. Until the 17th century the city was flanked by not evangelized native groups. Only then did the Jesuits expeditions begun to catechize the inhabitants of the areas of Moxos and Chiquitos.

Flourishing city of modern shades, Santa Cruz (437 m.a.s.l.) has become the economic heart of the whole country. Thousands of Bolivians decided to tempt fortune in the warm Orient, attracted by the vertiginous commercial and agricultural development... and the borders extended and the old urban helmet was surrounded by showy buildings and much transited avenues.