After spending about 10 days in Bolivia I thought I had seen it all. Dehydrated llama fetuses for good luck, guys in full zebra costumes directing traffic and witches markets selling all kinds of animal parts but nothing prepared me for the weirdest Bolivian experience of all. While milling about in our hostel we noticed …
We arrived in the ‘wild west’ town of Tupiza in southern Bolivia, after crossing the border from Argentina, and immediately signed up for a 4-day tour of the surreal Uyuni Salt Flats. For most people, this is the main highlight of their trip to Bolivia. We used the operator “Tupiza Tours” which was located just …
Bolivia is home to the world’s highest city (La Paz at 3600 meters above sea level), the world’s highest town (Potosi at 4090 meters) and the worlds highest navigable lake (Lake Titicaca at 3827 meters) – pretty much everything is high up in Bolivia. All this high altitude can be difficult for many travellers and …
A night bus from Salta dropped us at the border in the early morning and we began our journey across the border into Bolivia. We decided against the norm of going through San Pedro Atacama (Chile) to route into Bolivia, instead opting for the Butch-Cassidy flavour of Tupiza. We arrived in La Quiaca an Argentinian …
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