Bolivia Travel Blogs

... of six got along really well. We were all under 25, and represented France (Judith and Pauline), Australia (Michael), Switzerland (Rafael), Bolivia (Roberto), and the US (me). We got along well enough that the people alone made the three days worth the ...

A travel blog entry from Uyuni by bred
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... the bolivean border....jumped off the bus and picked up our exit stamps.  We then needed to walk across a bridge into bolivia get ourselves stamped in and back onto the bus....this was completed without any hitches! Yey!   Upon our arrival to ...

A travel blog entry from Copacabana by thomaswguy
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... than $3) and he rolled his eyes at me like that little girl in Cusco. He finally told me to leave. I left. In a hurry. So Bolivia is a little shady. A little dodgy as the Brits say. But I thought it was pretty cool. You can buy an empanada for 12 ...

A travel blog entry from La Paz by dane
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... . It's the most abject poverty I've ever seen. Keep in mind that Peru, Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras aren't exactly cosmopolitan. Bolivia is just that poor. So that's a quick synopsis. Let me just reiterate that it felt like the day would never end ...

A travel blog entry from La Paz by dane
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... one of the best in Chile. Not many people go there, as it's so far from other main attractions in Chile. And people who visit Bolivia, typically don't know that it is an easy few hours drive there from La Paz (including me). I just found out in fact, but ...

A travel blog entry from Copacabana (Lake Titicaca) by stevefn
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... the West in one of those 'In Brief' mini-columns, as these things frequently do. Especially from places like Bolivia. Just a bit differently... The journey across the continent from Uyuni to Puetro Iguazu has been an absolute fucking nightmare. No ...

A travel blog entry from Uyuni - Puerto Iguazu by marktjhung
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We slept like champs after the prior 2 days of hating life. We didn't have any big plans for La Paz. We knew there were a few things to see, but it's not exactly a hot spot for tourism. There are some great hikes around the country, but La Paz doesn't ...

A travel blog entry from La Paz by dane
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... the different options (go solo, with an agency etc.), they tell me that although it's high season for tourism in Bolivia, it's low season in Noel Kempff Mercado. The reason being that there's practically no water whatsoever, making river travel impossible ...

A travel blog entry from Santa Cruz by stevefn
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A couple of hours in a comfy bus through lovely countryside before we hit the Bolivia border crossing... no big problem apart from the fact that 2 buses arrived at once so about 100 of us needed the one guy sitting at the little card table to stamp ...

A travel blog entry from La Paz by themurphys
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... shared 2 liters of Pepsi, and then they conned me into buying them new shoe shine cream. In all I spent less than $10 (Bolivia is so cheap). But the boys were really nice and appreciative (they said thank you twice each after both the soup and the main ...

A travel blog entry from Sucre by bred
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... is authentic or not. I know the Patagonia down vest I got for $10 for when I'm in the freezing temperatures of southwestern Bolivia is not authentic--but it's warm; 3) some other method(s) of acquiring things cheaply enough to sell them in El Molino which ...

A travel blog entry from La Paz by bred
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... bus ride on Bolivia's not-so-stellar "death road"-type highways.  We splurged $100 round-trip on a flight, operated by Bolivia's military.  After a flight on a small plane, we landed on the tiniest football field ever, also known as the ...

A travel blog entry from Rurrenabaque by steve_sara
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... ; I don't care what anyone says / I'm bringing them back... There's a great story behind the bowler hat phenomenon in Bolivia.  Apparently, back in the day, an englishman woke up one morning in Bolivia  with a fuckload of Bowler hats.  ...

A travel blog entry from La Paz - Copacabana - Lake Titicaca by marktjhung
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... than in most places we've visited. But rather than treating us as aliens, we felt at ease and welcomed amongst them. I know Bolivia is a place we definitely come back to! She Said: Since we have been in South America, I have been taking a crash course ...

A travel blog entry from Copacabana by globedecker
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... Bolivian gentleman (10 Bolivianos or GBP0.70 each). He explains the history of Sucre, the importance of silver, independence for Bolivia, the economic influence of the Scots and Irish in the country, and the reason for the confusion about the capital city ...

A travel blog entry from Sucre by rachel_john
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... ;great tourist attraction. Peru has Machu Picchu, India has the Taj Majal and France, of course, has stinky french people. Well, Bolivia has managed to outdo them all with the ¨Death Road,¨ otherwise known as ¨The World´s Most Dangerous Road.¨  ...

A travel blog entry from La Paz by steve_sara
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... altitude when she was in La Paz. I put that thought aside and got on the bus.  The border crossing from Chile to Bolivia was like no international border I´d ever seen. But I guess I´ve really only seen the US borders (both Mexico and Canada) and ...

A travel blog entry from Uyuni by semi-backpacker
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We really enjoyed La Paz. Apart from the lung stinging polution and shortage of oxygen the worlds highest capital City is fantastic. Its full of the lively street stalls and colourful chaos which we have missed since Central America. The highlight ...

A travel blog entry from La Paz by dospollos
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... . So, mom, I proudly present to you, with no further adieu, the second chapter in my South American Adventures: Bolivia and Beyond (I hope you like it) My trip from Puno, Peru to Copacabana, Bolivia was excruciatingly mild and safe. Joao ...

A travel blog entry from Copacabana by rickwastaken
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... took a three day jeep trek through some of the most bizarre scenery I have ever encountered in my life. Southern Bolivia is painted with mysteriously colorful lakes, hallucinogenic salt flats, and sizzling thermal spouts. I've heard it described as the ...

A travel blog entry from Uyuni by rickwastaken
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Was this the best day on my trip so far? At least it's high up there among the winners. On a mountain bike from La Cumbre (4640m) to Coroico, a 3345m vertical decent down The Death Road (mostly a dirt road, but with some fast 60kph tarmac at the top). ...

A travel blog entry from La Cumbre to Coroico by stevefn
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... are poor, so obviously there are a lot of people selling stuff on the streets or just plain asking for money. In Bolivia, the vast majority are shoeshine boys, causing me to wear sandles every day to deter them. And in Ecuador, they even ...

A travel blog entry from La Paz by steve_sara
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... bike. It is narrow, winding dirt road cut out of the mountain side with lots of blind corners, no guardrails (hah! this is Bolivia!), and a few spots where waterfalls come spilling out onto the road... The bike ride is 64 km and takes about half a day. We ...

A travel blog entry from La Paz by allisonandjeff
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... in ours, and we say hello to weatherbeaten Bolivian driver Claudio and his enthusuisatic cook/assistant Carmelo. Its immediately apparent that Bolivia is a much poorer country than Chile because of the rough state of the road. Indeed the road does not ...

A travel blog entry from Uyuni by rachel_john
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Bolivian Salt Flats and the Chilean border

A travel blog entry from Bolivian Salt Flats and the Chilean border by alexndean
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OK, so we got that local bus, which was possibly the bumpiest and coldest ride I´ve ever experienced... still, I took my sleeping bag with me so slept pretty much through all of it... We arrived in Uyuni really early in the morning and it was goddamn ...

A travel blog entry from Uyuni by you_know_zo
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Today we decided to move on (we are not good at sitting still) and Jon and Martin from Ireland came with us which meant we had to (temporarily) say goodbye to Jen and Jon from our recent travels. We are all doing similar routes so hopefully will catch up ...

A travel blog entry from Potosi by emanddave
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Both of us woke up with cracking headaches due to the altitude - approx 4,000 metres. Next time will get some diamox which helps prevent symptoms of altitude sickness! After breakfast we piled back into the jeeps and headed back past the 2 lakes we ...

A travel blog entry from Villa Mar by emanddave
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Arrived an hour or so late and not at the bus terminal as the bus broke down again and we had no idea where we were. The bus driver refused to pay for our taxi into town but got us a cheapish one (2 quid for all of us) to Illampu the main travelly ...

A travel blog entry from La Paz by emanddave
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... the silver mines in Chile, and mother farming Quinoa grain in the desert. I have been feeling increasingly guilty whilst in Bolivia about having given our time to the children of Galápagos, a part of South America where I now realise the children lead ...

A travel blog entry from Uyuni to San Pedro by caznjasonescape
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