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Hola todos! Today’s was en exciting if bizarre little excursion with my pal who is totally not Ed Sheeran.
We took a trip up to Parque Cretácico, a dinosaur themed park which, if it is true there is a wall there with preserved dinosaur footprints from 68 million years ago from when the Andes first were raised by tectonic plates. On paper it looked intriguing so we had to go check it out. To get up here it’s a 15 minute ride from the centre of Sucre, either by taxi or slightly longer by colectivo.
Once you get up here the Bizarro factor cranks up to 11. Right outside the park is the biggest cement factory in Bolivia, FANCESA, it is absolutely huge and in my opinion this engineering marvel is the true attraction of this place, and despite sitting in the shadow of 68 million year of prehistory it boasts it’s own interesting living history.
– It was built in 1959 to rebuild Sucre after it was destroyed in 1948; something our guide failed to mention on the walking tour the other day!
– It became the largest cement factory in Bolivia in the 1980’s.
– Today it is a major pillar of the local economy employing 1000 people and exporting cement to Paraguay and Argentina.
– In my humble opinion they are missing out on a great money maker here not offering tours of the factory! It looks so interesting with all the conveyor belts!
Back on the dinosaur park the footprints were supposedly discovered in 1995 and they can be viewed from the mirador at the top of the park, however as the area is collapsing you cannot go and get a closer look, but to describe them they are very circular, almost suspiciously so and a little too evenly spaced in some places to make me believe these are 100% legitimate, I couldn’t say really not being able to get close to them.
What else does that park have? Well you have a museum, a restaurant and there are guided tours available, all in all worth the 30 bolivianos if you ask me.
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