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Welcome to Bolivia!
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 1 November 2009
We passed our last night in Peru over a great dinner of cuy (guinea pig), alpaca steaks and a pretty bad litre of red wine. Guinea pig is actually quite tasty, but then again most anything that is fried tastes nice. My entree was accompanied with nice little quinoa croquettes and huacaina sauce. It [...]
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Failing to die on the Death Road
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 16 October 2009
There are certain things one does when traveling that it’s probably best my mum doesn’t know I’m doing them til afterwards. Cycling down the World’s Most Dangerous Road (© the Inter-American Development Bank), aka the Death Road, is one of them. The road gets its reputation from the days when it used to be the main [...]
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Wrestling – Bolivian Style
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 15 October 2009
As I noted in my second ever post, well before my trip started, I have a strange obsession with Mexican Wrestling. And so I was gutted when swine flu put paid to my chances of getting to see some while I was there. So of course I was over the moon when I found out [...]
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La la lovely La Paz
Blog: Felicity Sees... - 21 September 2009
I was a bit wary about going to La Paz, despite the white flag the name of this city appeared to be waving at me. It seemed that I was setting myself up for an extra concentrated shot of all the usual Bolivian concerns-food, altitude, theft and dodgy taxi drivers. But it is Bolivia´s capital, and it is a necassary stop-over on the way to Peru, and hence I knew that I couldn´t leave Bolivia without giving it a shot, so one more overnight bus ride later I found myself emerging from my cosy sleeping bag at dawn to a see thousands of lights twinkling up the mountains around me.
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The Witches Market in La Paz, Bolivia
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 6 August 2009
The markets in La Paz, Bolivia, like many places, are an essential part of the culture and a vital part of the city. In La Paz, there are a number of markets that stretch across the city where one can buy just about anything. There are several food markets, a flower market, an artisans’ market and even a black market where you can buy bootlegs and Polo shirts for the equivelent of 2USD. However, the most interesting market and one of the more unique sights in La Paz is the ...
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The Unexpected Value of a Painting
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 7 July 2009
By Nilima Achwal, KF8 Bolivia On my second day in La Paz, I braved the high altitude and made my way to Calle Sagarnaga, the main tourist shopping street. As I trudged up the slippery cobbled street, a skinny middle-aged man carrying a folder easily kept pace beside me and urged me to take a look [...]
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