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Carnival 2007 - Organize yourself!
brochitas Says: Dates: February 15-19 2007 Arrive on Wednesday 15 the latest: on thursady 16, there is the Andean Anata Parade (all the towns in Oruro send a dancers group with a native instruments band). BEAUTIFUL! Friday 17: visit: park Sajama, Obrajes termal waters or stay in Oruro and...
gonzo747 Says: In front of the church of Oruro there is a nice plaza. We've walked there when we were waiting for the train to Uyuni. The plaza has a good view of Oruro and also has a miner monument.
marcelo15 Says: Yesterday, i had the great chance to be again in oruro to attend to the great festival that happen once a year...certainly, NOT in vain is named as a heritage of the humanity by the UNESCO.This is a great festival that begin early and finish really late..it takes the whole...
marcelo15 Says: Yeah, as i told you into the Socavon you will find to (EL TIO), the machines, some belongs of the miners. To get here you must go to the office where you can get the tickets.
marcelo15 Says: Most of Bolivians are catolic, so everywhere you get you will always find Catolic churches. But this church is particularly the most important in Oruro. I`m talking about (EL SOCAVON). Where the Virgen del Socavon is here. It`s so interesting to get here, when you get into...
gonzo747 Says: Govindas is a krisna restaurant. They had great veg lasagna and many other dishes.Go for it.
Rosticeria EL FOGON: Carne a la parilla
chancay Says: u/c Fantastic parilla (kind of bbq) , you get really all kind of beef here, they now to prepare every part of the animal very delicious.
chancay Says: Oruro has only a few bars and some little discos and karaoke bars, but you can have fun there as well (nothing difficult to find, the city is small: all around 6th of august near to it)And there´s a cinema at the main plaza. IT´s not very big and new, but it´s ok. only...
marcelo15 Says: Getting to this small, but at the same time nice city. The only way is by bus.you can get from la paz (3hours), from Cochabamba (4hours). From Potosi (6hours). So, as you can see all the choices to get here is by bus. But don`t worry to much, the roads to Oruro are paviment,...
chancay Says: only some advices:pay around 5 to 8 bolivianos to get almost everywhere in Oruro. Make the price before starting.Keep cool, in Oruro they drive like everywhere in southamerica ( quite wild) but they think a bit more slowly....but all of them do like that :-) so nothing...
Artesania Oruro: Clothes, mantas and carpets handmade
chancay Says: The store offers handmade clothes, carpets, mantas and similar things made out of the wool of Llama or Alpaca. Very high quality. Prices are higher than on the market, but the quality explains the prices.
marcelo15 Says: Well as most of the Europeans do. Drink or eat a local food is so interesting.Indeed, Oruro has its own local beer, that is called HUARI. It`s so good that i really recommed you to try.
Oruro: On February (previous...
Pietro_4wd Says: Oruro: On February (previous week end to ash-wednesday) you may see the splendorous traditional religious festivities, in advocation to Virgin of the miners (Virgen del Socavon).
PrincessMonja Says: I was sitting on a bench outside the ticket office at the station, my husband had gone to buy the tickets and I was looking after two large backpacks (lodged against the wall) and two day packs, one by each foot.I was reading, but was aware that a short well dressed man with...
chancay Says: if you are a backpacker, one tip: try to find a e.g. big potatoe bag on the market to put in your backpack. That helps you to protect it during bus travel and also against thiefs that try to cut your backpack. the nights in the altiplano are very cold, and in general the...
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Oruro: On February (previous week end to ash-wednesday) you may see the splendorous traditional religious festivities, in advocation to Virgin of the miners...
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Q: Does anyone need accomodation in Oruro for the carnival this friday, saturday and sunday night 4-6/02/05? I had to book a room...
A: Hi---I would be interested. Problem is that I definitely can't be there on Friday, and possibly not on saturday. Plan to arrive Saturday evening or Sunday morning. How...
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Oruro is still one of the biggest towns of Bolivia, but only one time in the year a really touristic place. The carnaval of Oruro is the most famous one in Bolivia.
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ORURO THE CAPITAL OF THE FOLKLORE OF BOLIVIA
You can´t imagine how much i really love Oruro. It´s definitely the smallest cities of Bolivia. it´s turbulent change has affected to Oruro so much. In the past Oruro used to support all the other...
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We arrived in Oruro having caught the morning bus from La Paz. We were then buying tickets to get the train onto Uyuni. Although we only spent a few hours here I hope this information will be of use....
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