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Advantages: The unforgettable scenery and untouched beauty
Disadvantages: Lack of hygine, cold and uncomfortable

As those who have suffered through my previous travel opinions may be beginning to suspect, I am far from the most organised of wanderers, often allowing fate and circumstance to dictate where, how and when I happened upon the wild and varied places that I visited. To this most inexact of travelling sciences I can certainly attribute my finding myself at the Argentine town of La Quiaca on the Bolivian border, some 3.5km above sea level, colder than ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful scenery, lovely people, charming cities, cheap and safe
Disadvantages: Breathing at altitude!

Last year I spent seven months travelling in South America with my partner and Bolivia was our favourite country by a long shot. In my opinion Bolivia is the cheapest, friendliest, safest and most interesting of the Andean countries. Highlights include the largest salt flat in the world, Salar de Uyuni. You can take a three day jeep tour which takes in the salt flats, vivid hued high altitude lakes dotted with flamingoes and cold deserts of southern ... Read review

Advantages: Scenery, food, cheap
Disadvantages: Poverty, hygiene

Let me start by saying that we had an excellent time in Bolivia (apart from the food poisoning). We arrived from Peru by bus and stopped at the Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca first - its quite primitive and isolated (unreliable electricity, water, etc) but the views are stunning, leading my mate to christen it the best place in the world. And you can eat loads of fresh fish. From there we went on to La Paz - an dramatic city surrounded by mountain ... Read review