General: Bolivia

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 ...
...hope of survival, with still only the vaguest of ideas of what I was intending to do there. Well when I say vague I refer of course to my detailed South American itinerary that was hastily scrawled on a sick bag that had accompanied me since Wellington in New Zealand. My woeful preparation and foresight ensured that whilst my comrades in cold snuggled deeper into their 13 layers of modern fibred Arctic Survival gear, I shivered in two old T-Shirts, ...

Mercury 06.08.2002 · Read full review
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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 ...
...finest city in Bolivia - indeed the nicest city we visited in South America - was Sucre. The whole city is made up of low level whitewashed buildings that open out into flower-filled courtyards. The weather is fantastic and I would recommend visiting the city from Potosi. The descent from the thin air of the highest in the world at 4,000m to Sucre at 2,300m causes an oxygen rush which heightens the experience of entering the clean, white, peaceful ...

missjosephine25 30.06.2006 · Read full review
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I travelled South America at the beginning of last year. Bolivia was my last port of call and most definitely the best port of call. When you first arrive there you literally feel like you are stepping back in time. Most of the population are Indigenous people with long plated hair, and bowler hats and skirts. The scenery in is breath taking, and the high altitude is something not to be tackled lightly, take your time when travelling through this ...
...a couple of days! Never fly directly to La Paz! The difference in altitude will make you very sick. The highlights of Bolivia is as follows: 1. Salt Flats in and around Urunyi, you can book yourself a cheap jeep tour to take you round, the tour guides will also give you something to help with the altitude sickness: You'll see - Salt flats, a hotel made of salt, beautiful lakes, beautiful scenery Flamingos, other wild life, thunder storms, old indigenous ...

Na7aliek 27.10.2009 · Read full review
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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 ...
...and the architecture is that strange south american mix of classic conquistador meets concrete bricks. We got a taxi up to the Devil's Tooth - an aptly named dangerously steep bit of rock on the outskirts of the city. The food and accommodation is dead cheap, and travel is easy if not luxurious - those overnight buses can jangle your bones. ...

Suse 11.07.2000 · Read full review
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