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Collection of 173 travel stories from Bolivia. Written by your friends on the road.

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Traveler cbr600f

Hey !! I'm in Bolivia !
2008-07-06, Isla del Sol, Bolivia. By: cbr600f

Although my location has me marked down as being on the Isla del Sol I am actually in Cocacabana which is on the shore of Lake Titicaca. Near the Isla anyway ! So, as promised I have had no major adv...

 
Traveler brooksyo

Work and nothing else
2008-06-23, Mairana, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

Hello people. It´s definitely been a while, but I have found free internet in my site and it’s pretty fast. I only told myself that I would use it when I am doing work for the schools. I am right n...

 
Traveler brooksyo

I'm doing well.
2008-05-19, Mairana, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

Hey Everyone. I'm doing good in my site. I am so busy. Right now I am designing a basic personal finance cirriculum for high school students. It's almost done. Then after that, I'm designing a ga...

 
Traveler brooksyo

Off onto the great unknown
2008-04-22, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

Hey Guys, So I am finally off to my site to live there for two years. It´s pretty scary considering that I have to buy everything for my place...bed, stove, refridgerator and load it ontop of a bu...

 
Traveler brooksyo

My site visit
2008-04-03, Mairana, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

Hello everyone from the sleepy town of Mairana, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, which will be my new home for two years. It is on the highway between two large cities, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. There are abou...

 
Traveler brooksyo

It's been awhile...
2008-02-26, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

Hello everyone. It has definitely been awhile. I yet again have been busy with training things. We just got back from our week long technical trip to southern Bolivia. It was HOT HOT HOT. I can o...

 
Traveler brooksyo

My weekly update
2008-02-20, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

First and foremost, my apologies to everyone for not keeping you guys up-to-date with Peace Corps Bolivia. I have been here for a little more than two weeks, but it feels like a month. Training is p...

 
Traveler brooksyo

I'm still alive.
2008-02-16, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

Hey guys, I have been really busy with training these past two weeks. It's hard to write long entries because i have to plan ahead and write them and then get into the city to find an internet cafe. ...

 
Traveler brooksyo

Food in Bolivia
2008-02-08, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

So I have been pretty lucky in the fact that I haven't gotten sick from the food in Bolivia. However, that doesn't mean that the food is good. So when we first got here, we were told that women tend...

 
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Wet t-shirts and fake snow
2008-02-02, Oruro, Bolivia. By: juliac

A 3am start this morning, as we set off to the carnival at Oruro, which is supposed to be the best carnival in this region of Bolivia. I{m not quite clear why the carvivals happen now - it being 2nd F...

 
Traveler juliac

Dried llama foetus and other delicacies
2008-01-31, La Paz, Bolivia. By: juliac

We left Copacabana on Thursday morning, to head to La Paz. This involved an interesting river crossing, where we had to get off the bus and get a little launch boat across while the bus crossed the ri...

 
Traveler brooksyo

Carnaval
2008-02-05, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

So the past few days have been pretty slow because of the holiday, Carnaval, which is like Mardi Gras. Here they like to throw water ballons and shoot people with water guns. I have only been shot a...

 
Traveler juliac

Hippie hangout
2008-01-28, Copacabana, Bolivia. By: juliac

I celebrated my birthday in 2 different countries, waking up in Puno in Peru and going to bed in Copacabana, Bolivia! We set off on the morning of my birthday (which is Pete´s too, so double celebrati...

 
Traveler brooksyo

I have arrived!
2008-01-30, Cochabamba, Bolivia. By: brooksyo

Hello everyone! I am alive and kicking in Cochabamba, Bolivia. That is in the mountains of central Bolivia. Bolivia is the size of Texas and California put together, so that is a lot of land mass t...

 
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Many a true word...........
2007-05-30, Uyuni, Bolivia. By: rossycaz

We´re now in Uyuni after a 6 hour bus journey through some very dramatic and rugged countryside. We chose the bus company as they had the smartest vehicle parked outside their office (all the othe...

 
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Down jacket required.
2007-05-28, Potosi, Bolivia. By: rossycaz

We´ve spent the last couple of nights here in Potosi which has a number of claims to fame: it´s the world´s highest city - 4090m, it has the world´s highest commercial airport, had the first mint in t...

 
Picture from story No, really. They ARE footprints!

No, really. They ARE footprints!
2007-05-25, Sucre, Bolivia. By: rossycaz

For the past 6 days we´ve been staying in Sucre, the Judicial Capital of Bolivia, after enduring a nightmare 14 hour overnight bus journey from La Paz. Why nightmare? Firstly, it was supposed to be a...

 
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Where´d they come from???????
2007-05-18, La Paz, Bolivia. By: rossycaz

A 3 - 4 hour bus journey yesterday from Copacabana and here we are in La Paz, the governmental capital of Bolivia and the highest capital in the world (3600m) and don´t our lungs know it! We´re stayi...

 
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Worth every dollar
2007-05-14, Copacabana, Bolivia. By: rossycaz

Yesterday we took a boat to Isla del Sol, believed by the Incas to be the birthplace of the sun god. Once again, no cars on this island, just donkey power and Shank's pony! We were led to the host...

 
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No thongs here!
2007-05-12, Copacabana, Bolivia. By: rossycaz

Last night we stayed in hostal that, on the surface, looked adequate. Unfortunately, quite how the people who ran the place felt that shouting at each other and moving furniture about at 3am contribut...

 
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Another day, another border, another country!
2007-05-11, Copacabana, Bolivia. By: rossycaz

A short 3 hour bus ride from Puno and here we are in our 3rd country - Bolivia, and, once again, no hassles at the border crossing! (although we have met people who´ve had to pay a few dollars to the ...

 
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WMDR
2007-03-13, La Paz, Bolivia. By: vorn

la paz is a crazy city where every street is a market. despite that i could not find one cobbler to fix my boots which have had a bit of a blowout, because apparently the soles are too big. surely som...

 
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dynamite holding
2007-03-10, potosi, Bolivia. By: vorn

potosi is the highest city in the world at 4100m and just walking up a hill can have you panting. we dropped in here to check out the silver mines which i was a bit dubious about being a bit claustrop...

 
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gaining altitude
2007-03-08, uyuni, Bolivia. By: vorn

the change from argentina to bolivia was almost instant at the border. the clothes the poverty the roads etc etc. it was obvious which is the richer country. spent our first night in bolivia at a bu...

 
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Amazon
2007-01-27, Rurrenabaque, Bolivia. By: angbaxter

Pink dolphins. For all of you who didn´t believe me (mostly my family!), check out this link ([url]http://www.isptr-pard.org/dolphin.html[/url]) they are real!, for those of you who haven´t yet had th...

 
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Culture of La Paz
2007-01-27, La Paz, Bolivia. By: angbaxter

Ended the tour in Uyuni, and boarded a bus to La Paz, which was supposed to be an 8 hour journey. 13 hours later we arrived. So here we are exploring the city of La Paz and enjoying its indigenous and...

 
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Salt Flat Tour
2007-01-21, Uyuni, Bolivia. By: angbaxter

We continued our trek up toward Bolivia, where we were introduced to the uncertain nature of how things get done here. We spent hours in a train station in the town just across the border, listening t...

 
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Salt Flats
2006-12-16, Uyuni, Bolivia. By: lindy

I just came back from an amazing trip to the salt flats. There are no words to describe the flats. Pictures don´t do justice, it´s sooo trippy. We walked through pure whiteness, it was a sea of whi...

 
Traveler lindy

Bored in Southern Bolivia
2006-12-13, Potosi, Bolivia. By: lindy

The last couple of days have been boring filler days. We were so bored the other day we spent all day drinking wine at a dutch resturaunt in Sucre. Now we´re bored because we didn´t do a mining tour...

 
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Death Road
2006-12-03, La Paz, Bolivia. By: lindy

Well, I decided that it would be a great idea to bike down the most dangerous road in the world today. It actually is, look it up. It´s this crazy road that´s about 45000 meters high and insane. So ...

 
Traveler mishiva

La Paz - Santiago
2006-07-31, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mishiva

At 4am that morning, our phone rang and we lugged out bags in the cold to the central bus terminal in the dark. At 6am, we began our journey through the antiplano towards Arica, Chile. On the way, we ...

 
Picture from story STILL in La Paz

STILL in La Paz
2006-07-30, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mishiva

“What time do you think it is?” The sun breaking through the curtains stained the room in pale light “The sun’s out and there are noises from the streets. It’s definitely past 5am!” “I’m going to ch...

 
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Tiwanaku
2006-07-29, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mishiva

We clambered into a minivan and headed out to Tiwanaku; Bolivia’s most prominent archeological site. At Tiwanaku, we visited a couple of museums housing ancient artifacts of the Tiwanaku culture inclu...

 
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Puno - La Paz
2006-07-28, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mishiva

We got onto a bus in the early morning bound for Bolivia. The bus made its way East further inland to Huancayo. At the border, we got off to get our exit stamps from Peru and walked across the gates t...

 
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Floating busses
2006-12-07, La Paz, Bolivia. By: lindy

I have had a crazy past four days. It started when I decided to hop off the tour last monday for a few days to meet my friend Kristy in Copacabana, Bolivia. I waved down a collectivo on the side of ...

 
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End of the Road
2006-10-04, La Paz, Bolivia. By: sauntering

Fuck. This is it. The end of my trip. The stench of rotting garbage, fish and feces awaits me at the Peru-Bolivia border. It seems to reflect how I feel inwardly. I honestly believed I was going ...

 
Traveler lyndz

'B' is for....
2006-09-04, La Paz, Bolivia. By: lyndz

Bastards, Belize, Bollocks, Bolivia... Sorry about the language, and apologies in advance if this installment of our journal isn´t anywhere near as humerous and riviting as previous installments, ...

 
Traveler Lyndz

Bye Bye Peru, Ola Boliva!
2006-08-28, Copacabana, Bolivia. By: Lyndz

Yep, that´s right, after 3 weeks in Cusco we have eventually moved on and are now freezing our arses off in Boliva! After several unrepeated phrases to some dumb excuse of a parcel force employee,...

 
Traveler r_crerar

Beautiful Salar de Uyuni
2006-08-05, Uyuni, Bolivia. By: r_crerar

Okay so I am majorly behind with writing anything and I can not be bothered to spend all night on line, so I am just gonna fill you in on the last few days in the absolutely stunning Salar de Uyuni an...

 
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Drugged by Santa
2005-07-15, Rurrenabaque, Bolivia. By: Samtastic

My drink was spiked by a Bolivian chap named Santa in Rurrenabaque. Luckily we left before i passed out and he didnt quite manage to mug me or worse..... - you never know. If anyone knows where...

 
Traveler adeboy

Welcome to the gringo trail!
2006-05-28, Copacabana, Bolivia. By: adeboy

So many tourists. But a far better place to recover than La Paz. Its a pretty small town where it seems that a lot of western travellers get stuck and travel no further. Situated on the shores of Lak...

 
Traveler adeboy

Crazy City
2006-05-24, La Paz, Bolivia. By: adeboy

I have to say that I was pretty impressed with La Paz after being prepared by so many horror stories of Kidnappings and robbery. A really vibrant city, ok pretty noisy and a fair bit of air pollu...

 
Traveler adeboy

Yep thats the toilet I remember!
2006-05-24, Villazon, Bolivia. By: adeboy

AHHHH. OK. Even having been to Bolivia before it is still a bit of a shock from the moment you cross the border. Saying that though the culture is so interesting and so completely different from anyt...

 
Traveler hmakwana

Top of the World...again!
2006-03-29, La Paz, Bolivia. By: hmakwana

After Rio, our next stop was Bolivia. We landed in La Paz, the highest capital city in the world, at 3600 metres. The approach into La Paz was a beautiful one, with all the mountains surrounding the c...

 
Traveler m_and_j

Traveling Trio
2006-04-15, La Paz, Bolivia. By: m_and_j

It´s been an extraordinary week. We first landed in Arequipa, which is a beautiful, tranquil city in the South of Peru and a nice change from Lima. The taxi drivers don´t seem bent on destroying their...

 
Picture from story Lago Titicaca

Lago Titicaca
2006-03-23, Copacabana, Bolivia. By: mala

It´s only appropriate to splurge every now and then, especially when the nicest room in town costs 32USD. We broke the bank in Copacabana, a beautiful town set between two hills overlooking the world´...

 
Picture from story The full Bolivia experience!

The full Bolivia experience!
2006-03-17, La Paz, Bolivia. By: eminperu

After I left Casa De Bruce I decided to take a bit of a break from Cusco and travel around Bolivia with a few friends. Our first stop was La Paz (capital of bolivia). Spent about a week there, was ple...

 
Picture from story The Witch´s Market

The Witch´s Market
2006-03-20, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mala

Bolivia is our cheapest destination. The cheapest place to buy crap in Bolivia is the Mercado de Hechiceria. So where are all of your presents from? We arrived in La Paz ready to shop. In the witch...

 

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