Culture Shock! Bolivia - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

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A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette CultureShock! Bolivia Mark Cramer BOLIVIA.indb i 7/13/10 2:47:14 PM ...

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ABOUT THE SERIES Culture shock is a state of disorientation that can come over anyone who has been thrust into unknown surroundi ...

CONTENTS Introduction vi Acknowledgements xi ...

Chapter Map of Bolivia xii First Impressions Chapter and History Overview of Land Setting Regions: the World in Microcosm it Si ...

vi INTRODUCTION ‘To a wanderer in a snow covered fi eld, a dried up prune or an old crust of bread tasted more delicious than a ...

vii Today, thanks to immense but largely non-violent uprisings in defence of considerable gas, water and petrol resources agains ...

viii ecosystems exist within this one country. In some places, a short bus ride or a robust hike can take you from one climate t ...

ix inadequate in developed countries will be enough here for relative affl uence.  Security Bolivia is amongst the safer countr ...

x private TV is more blunted and ritual dissent by ‘responsible’ opinion makers follows the CNN model. The fact that Bolivia has ...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi Thanks to Jonathan Griffi ths, the original editor on this project, for his spirited exchange of ideas, as w ...

xii MAP OF BOLIVIA PARAGUAY BOLIVIA LA PAZ SUCRE BRAZIL ARGENTINA CHILE PERU BOLIVIA.indb xii 7/13/10 2:47:16 PM ...

First Impressions CHAPTER 1 ‘I was served coca tea in the fi rst-aid offi ce and quickly recovered my balance and a portion of m ...

2 CultureShock! Bolivia FOR MY INITIAL ARRIVAL IN LA PAZ, the world’s highest capital city, I had been working out regularly, an ...

First Impressions 3 Entering La Paz from El Alto, with Mount Huayna PotosÍ staring upon me. ...

4 CultureShock! Bolivia Brazilian and Argentine football teams would fl y up from sea level to La Paz and get roundly defeated b ...

First Impressions 5 in this country is indigenous and that few places in the world have a comparable degree of biodiversity, for ...

OVERVIEW OF LAND AND HISTORY CHAPTER 2 ‘Bolivia is a major part of the Tropical Andes, the richest and most biodiverse region in ...

Overview of Land and History 7 Setting Setting in most places is like stage scenery, a background for the plot of daily life. Th ...