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Tarabuco

by SpittingLlama

If you visit Sucre, make sure to stay until Sunday which is Tarabuco's market day. Tarabuco is a small town about 1.5 hours away from Sucre. It's a great place to load up on mittens, hats, and blankets before you head to the freezing temperatures of the Salar. Also, try the street food, it's extremely tasty. And if you're daring, try a sip of the pure alchohol... or maybe just take a look.Two warnings:1) There are no atm's and I didn't see any money-changers, so bring plenty of bolivianos. Dollars or Euros won't get you very far.2) Be careful with the camera. Not because of theft, but of who you take pictures of. Keep photo taking surreptitious if possible.

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so many wonderful things..

by pepples46

get a shoe polish..great fun, pay accordingly..don't haggle,people earn such little money and believe me, they don't see you as sucker if you let a couple of sol slip your purse. for me it is not ethical when looking at my income.in comparison, all travellers are so well of. * local Craft keeping the memories fresh for years to come., colourful rugs, alpaca ponchos, vests and fine pottery

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LA ISLA DEL PESCADOR: LES ARBRES A CURE-DENTS

by Aurelien5480

Grande revelation, je suis sur que vous vous etes toujours demande d ou venaient les cure-dents?!!Et bien pour vous j ai cherche et je suis alle de l autre cote du monde pour vous ramener cette verite..... Ils poussent sur les tiges vertes, sur une seule ile au monde, dans un oceant de sel.L ile du pecheur est une formation volcanique plus ancienne que les andes.Cette boule de lave a ete colonise par les coraux, il y a tres tres lontemps qu on etait meme pas genetiquement prevu.Apres les andes se sont soulevees, et les coreaux se sont fossilises.Ca monte ca monte, du fond de l ocean pacifique, l ile est monte a 4000m, puis la nape d eau salee emprisonee, qui formait ici une mer interrieur de haute montagne, c est evapore, lasant que le sel derriere elle.Aujourd hui, c est le paradis des cactus, peut etre certain les plus vieux du monde, car ils poussent de 1cm par na, et les plus grands...

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Any shop - Pas de nom: Uyuni : Water ! De l'eau !

by Maillekeul

Any shop - N'importe quelle boutique de bouffe. Buy some water, around 3-4 liters per people for the 4 days trek. Mandatory !Achetez de l'eau, environ 3-4 litres par personne pour le trek de 4 jours. O-b-l-i-g-a-t-o-i-r-e ! About 5-6 bolivianos (0.8 USD) per bottleEnviron 5-6 bol (0.8 USD) par bouteille

al the normal shops and street vendor: depackaging

by utttz

Why do I need to buy a lot of candies if I want only one? who decided I want 20 cigarettes? why do I need to by a Kg of fidejos if I'm alone?In bolivia depackaging is widely spread..... you can buy a cigarette, a single candy and so on.the drawback of this system is that for some goods plastic bags are used for repackaging and plastic is unfortunately abandoned after use.

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Witches' market

by tini58de

The Witches' Market is in La Paz, off of Calle Sagárnaga onto Calle Linares. Here you can buy a bizarre assortment of goods including amulets, potions, delicately crafted silver jewelery, sweets, spices and dried llama fetuses.We were quite shocked about the llama fetuses, but our tour guide gave us a good explaination: llamas are usually pregnant with twins, but only one baby llama is born - so with the afterbirth there will always be the second fetus!. If you're looking for luck, here's a list to help you decode the meaning of all the amulets on display: Frogs are said to bring good fortune; turtles are the symbol of long life; owls bring knowledge; snakes are a sign of progression (or moving in the right direction); koa--a dried plant made with molasses--is supposed to help your harvest; and pumas will help you achieve victory over your enemy.

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Copacabana vendors

by tini58de

Many vendors outside the Copacabana Cathedral sell medallions of the Virgin Mary, as the chapel holds the famous statue of Virgen de Copacabana. You can also buy flowers, garlands, candles - items to decorate those things, that you want to be blessed. We even saw decorated cars outside the church - waiting to be blessed!

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the markets in general: Artesanias

by chancay

On bolivian markets as well as in a lot of city stores you can find a lot of handmade works. Not everything is best quality, difficult to give a general tip, you have to control it as good as you can. Respect of clothes they try sometimes to sell you a "Baby-Alpaka-sweater" e.g. that isn´t at all of that quality, but made from Llama wool is good and warm as well. Can´t generalize it, but if you really want to buy e.g a Sweater of Baby-Alpaka Quality you shoulf calculate maybe 50 Dollars (I´m not sure at all), it´s still worth it, I saw these ones in Europe for 300 Dollares, so think about it.

Copacabana Market: Local foods are just one great item at the markets

by richiecdisc

Every town in Bolivia has a great market area, some with many of them. Copacabana's was small but colorful with merchants dressed in traditional clothing. There are many great fruits as well as other local foods you won't find anywhere else. Papayas are cheap and always good at less than a dollar.

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Bolivian banknote

by georeiser

5000000 Bolivianos.

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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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