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  La paz, as I love it!
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  • La paz, as I love it!
      La paz, as I love it!
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General Information   La Paz

General Information, La Paz

 18 Reviews  This beautiful and very historical church is located in the middle of la paz avenida mariscal santa cruz. close ot the touristic avenue, sagarnaga. This church was built in 1549 by the Franciscans.... 

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Plaza Murillo   La Paz

Plaza Murillo, La Paz

 5 Reviews  Yeah, always is great to know the main square. this place is called Plaza Murillo. the name comes from a national hero that fought agains the spanish conquers. also, you`ll be able to see the... 

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Valle De La Luna   La Paz

Valle De La Luna, La Paz

 2 Reviews  En el departamento de La Paz debes visitar el Valle de la Luna, famoso por sus asombrosas formaciones que dan al visitante la sensación de haber descubierto un mundo desconocido, un paisaje lunar. El... 

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Travelling from / to La Paz   La Paz

Travelling from / to La Paz, La Paz

 5 Reviews  As soon as you get to la paz, you will pass by el alto which is a city up to la paz. after crossing the toll, you will be able to see one of the most beautiful landscapes you`ve ever seen. (believe... 

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Prado   La Paz

Prado, La Paz

 1 Review  colonial buildings next to modern "skyscrapers"....there are some higher buildings in La Paz, nothing to compare with real sky scrapers in big us cities for example....although, there are few... 

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Museos   La Paz

Museos, La Paz

 2 Reviews  What you can find on this area is plenty of good museums. for example, you`ll find four museums, the costumbrista, the golden museum the Murillo`s house and the litoral bolivian. Definitely for me is... 

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Itinerary for Bolivia and Peru

by AlbuqRay

The first thirteen days of this itinerary include the high priority activities in Bolivia sans Lake Titicaca and Tiwanaku. The roads to these two places were blocked because of political demonstrations the whole time I was in Bolivia and I was unable to visit them as planned. Fremen Tours substituted the Yungas for the original Lake Titicaca days. You need much more time in some of these places but I was trying to see as much as possible in 18 days. Hard to pick between the 4WD tour of southern Bolivia and the riverboat trip on the Mamore River, but probably the former.

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Conclusion of My Fondest Memory

by richiecdisc

Even being careful of our water, we were down to less than quarter liter about halfway though the walk and though beautiful, all we could think about was something to drink. We finally found a craftsman weaving a blanket and luckily he was selling beverages as well. It was a bit overpriced but at this point, we would have bought a litter for $10! We greedily drank and asked how far it was to the port and were glad to hear it was very close. We made our way there in a more relaxed manner now. We knew we would make the boat on time and wouldn't keel over from thirst. On arrival, we found some food vendors and made our way to the hamburger girl. We had shirked from the greasy affairs on the mainland but it tasted like a prime rib at this point. We basked in the sun awaiting the boat and reflected on a nightmare day that now didn't seem so bad. I vowed to never be so under prepared again,...

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Not a sheet of ice, but a desert of salt.

by richiecdisc

Bolivia offers a multitude of hiking opportunities and lots of adventure travel options but the Salar de Uyuni is not to be missed. The easiest and cheapest way to visit this remote area are four-wheel drive tours run from the city of Uyuni itself. Bolivia seemed so incredibly cheap the first day we were there that I never thought to ask how much it was for the Internet. We had secured a room for $3 and just had a huge trout dinner in a fancy tourist restaurant for less than that price each. The Internet was never more than a dollar in Peru and I just assumed it would be even less here so we both went on for an hour with little thought. I was a little light on money as there were surprisingly no ATM's in Copacabana, which was our first Bolivian stop. Traveler's checks had proved of little use as large commissions were charged to exchange them and we had only emergency funds in cash so I...

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PEOPLE

by utttz

bolivian people is so far the people I liked more around the world. Calm, helpful, bound to play and dance but alway colorfully sober bolivians are fantastic, no matter if you're in the altiplano or amongst cambas in the "lowland". It's quite rare to be vendor assaulted and even more rare to be beggar assaulted. This is more true out of town, as usual, but even in big town in touristic spots you almost feel ignored. (only exception are: a bar in sucre and the "change corner" in santacruz)a question, a preguntita, always get an answer and everyone will do everything he can to help you. the man with a cart, dick.. the panamerican congress of mechanics which repaired one of our moto in santacruz, angel, the old lady speaking about che while feeding us with papa reillenas and the lady next door.. The cambas girl who lived in italy with all her suggestion about police (the most likely to rob...

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aqui no hay nada y todo se puede

by utttz

needs sharpen brains, if you need a confirm to this old says have a trip to bolivia and broke something "hard" to repair: You'll probably find someone that with a few ancient tools and lot of skill can solve your problem. Bolivians are also renown soldering and machine tool wizard so a missing part can be easily rebuilt I do think that the best way to travel through bolivia is with a car or motorbike or anything mechanic pretending some new fault any new town just to have it repaired!

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Bolivia's Neighbor's

by pepples46

the isolation of Bolivia as an interior Country, no passage to the Ocean, no Port left it frustrated and holding back real prosperity, and very much vunerable sandwitched between its neighbors, Peru, in the north, Brasil and Paraguay the west and Chile at its south borders but of course as a travellerer we have the oppertunity combining several Countries on our travels through this part of the world

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through the Gran Chaco

by pepples46

I traveled from Sao Paulo/Brazil, by Train via the Gran Chaco, to Bolivia.And this is already my fondest Memory.The People I traveled with, the Animals, as soon as we ran into rural area. The Food, bought from the native people.I was unfortunate, not knowing the difference, between a native Rat and a Guinea Pic, you know those small little creppers we keep in a Cage in our Flats, I ate the well prepared Rat. So I've been told, when arriving at my Friends Place in Santa Cruz the la Sierra.Well, to my defence and standing up for Rat's, they did taste great! I am not saying..do try it, but when taking the Train,from Sao Paulo....Corumba....GrandChaco...into Bolivia, it could happend to you or could it not?Guinea Pic has always been a feast for the people in Bolivia and Peru. a Families wealth is judged by how many Guinea Pic's they own. When I left Bolivia, taking the Plane,VARIG,back to...

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History

by tini58de

.The history of Bolivia reflects both its pre-Columbian and its colonial heritage. The ruins of Tiahuanaco testify to the first great Andean empire. Bolivians still speak the languages of the Aymara kingdoms and of their Quechua conquerors; the society remains predominantly Indian and rural, and only a minority is monolingual in Spanish. Nevertheless, Spain also left its imprint in the political, economic, and social spheres. During 300 years of colonial rule, Spain imposed its institutions on the colony and concentrated on mineral exports, which are still the backbone of the Bolivian economy. Using forced Indian labor, local entrepreneurs extracted the mineral wealth--the silver deposits at Potosí were the largest in the Western world--and shipped it to Spain in accord with the prevailing mercantilist practices. After Bolivia received independence from Spain in 1825, political...

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Some Facts

by tini58de

.Full country name: Republic of BoliviaArea: 1,098,580 sq km (428,446 sq mi) Population: 8,328,700Capital city: La Paz (pop 2,406,377) and Sucre (pop 132,000)People: 30% Quechua Indian, 25% mestizo, 30% Aymará Indian, approx 15% European (principally Spanish)Language: Spanish but most Indians speak either Quechua or Aymará; composite dialects of Spanish-Aymará and Spanish-Quechua are also widely spokenReligion: 95% Roman Catholic, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist)

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Folklore and Traditions

by tini58de

Nowadays, the religious tradition lives on as yet another living example of the blending of cultures, with Catholic festivities having many of the same ingredients and receiving a similar devotion to that of precolumbian people. There are still offerings to the Pachamama and to the Virgin as one. The Saints are carried out in litters, but they are often adorned with offerings of vegetables, bread, fruits and glittering objects. The result is a year round display of devotion, ritual, colour and a tradition that is very much alive. Musical traditions within Bolivia are distinctly regional: strains of Andean music from the desolate Altiplano are suitably haunting and mournful, while those of warmer Tarija, with its compliment of bizarre musical instruments, take on more joyful tones. Dances such as the cueca, auqui-auqui and tinku hold a reverent place in popular culture. Other forms of...

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 7 Reviews and 211 Opinions  Hotel Rosario is pretty nice. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The rooms are very clean and... 

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Q:  Hi. Can anyone help me with the best way to get from La Paz to Salar de Uyuni to Arica? We plan to take a 2-4 day tour in... 

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A: Anna, I don't actually know how to do it but when I did the Salar de Uyuni tour in 2003, there was a Dutch couple that got off at the little station near Laguna Blanco... 

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