The last day of our visit to Torotoro dawned sunny and clear. Victor started the morning with even more dinosaur footprints; herbivores and carnivores, including velociraptors. It is extraordinary that such delicate things can last 80 million years . . .
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| Big herbivore |
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| Mid sized carnivore |
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| Compelte with model |
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| Another carnivore |
The walk to Torotoro's large canyon started down past rock amphitheatres, stone bridges and more dinosaur footprints.
Only four of us elected to walk down into the canyon to see the waterfall; only 1000-and-something steps!
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| Anna and model next to the diplodocus footprints; truly enormous |
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| The beautiful colours and textures of the canyon |
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| Refreshing canyon pools |
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| Less than 100 steps to go! |
None of us were particularly looking forward to the trip back - another five bumpy hours. Eventually we made it back to Cochabamba, only to be hit with a slight snag: none of the hostels had rooms! It was Friday night and everyone seemed to have come into town. Eventually we found a room, thanks to help from Kristoff and Caroline and managed to be eating dinner by 10pm - phew!
Despite the long bumpy road, the average food and all the explanations being in Spanish, Torotoro National Park was well worth the visit. It is incredible to stand next to dinosaur footprints and walk where they walked. The landscape is full of amazing examples of plate tectonics, laid out under the sun for us to see.
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