Bolivia: Santa Cruz de la Sierra

In Santa Cruz there is absolutely nothing to see, and accordingly little to report. It was hot here, extremely hot, and we had to get used to it again because it would continue like this. We could definitively put our warm clothes back at the bottom of the suitcase.
The only thing that is somewhat appealing to tourists in the city is the park in the center. Otherwise, the place has nothing of tourist interest to offer, the city is ugly, dirty and unfriendly. Besides, probably quite dangerous. Everywhere in Bolivia we were warned that the crime rate is very high here. Apparently, there had been a shocking video in the news a few weeks ago, where a boy was walking through the city holding a mobile phone. A man wanted to grab it from him, and when he held onto it, he was shot in the head a moment later. A murder for a mobile phone! And there have apparently been some similar stories as well. Consequently, we naturally exercised extreme caution and hardly took any valuables with us on the streets. Therefore, there are hardly any photos, but like I said, there wasn't really much to photograph anyway.

We mainly used Santa Cruz to run some errands that required a big city and as a starting point for our trip to Vallegrande and our onward journey to Brazil.