Sucre – The White City

19th April 2010

Sucre, founded in 1538, is a Cultural Heritage Site.  It is a city of dazzling white colonial buildings and churches.

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There is a bustling central market where anything and everything is sold.  The local food is fresh, cheap and good.  One of our favourites is papas rellenas (potato balls stuffed with cheese and egg).

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At Santa Teresa Convent we purchased sweets from the nuns by way of a miniature revolving door which isolates the nuns from the outside world.

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Sucre´s Cathedral with 2 other churches in the background

Sucre´s Cathedral with 2 other churches in the background

Details of the Cathedral door

Details of the Cathedral door

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The plant filled courtyard of our hotel

The plant filled courtyard of our hotel

Sucre market

Sucre market

Buying sweets from the nuns through a revolving window

Buying sweets from the nuns through a revolving window

Lunch at the side of the road

Lunch at the side of the road

Talansias growing on the power lines

Talansias growing on the power lines

Talansia up close

Talansia up close

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