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

200 CultureShock! Bolivia of beating up indigenous demonstrators from the Landless Peasants Movement, as if they were shock troo ...

Enjoying Bolivia 201 centre is part of a protected area. For years, Efrem Hinojosa had been promised fi nancial help in caring f ...

202 CultureShock! Bolivia There is nothing ordinary about travel in Bolivia. At least 13 distinct life zones, from the highest c ...

Enjoying Bolivia 203 A second category includes similar natural and cultural treasures that used to be unaccessible but are now ...

204 CultureShock! Bolivia language weekly called Bolivian Times made the trip up into the Andes even more appealing. “The fi rst ...

A Bolivian football fan supporting his team at the Hernando Siles Stadium in La Paz. Local football teams can boast some of the ...

bCULTURESHOCK! BULGARIA A Bolivian workers demonstration, La Paz. Bolivia has a strong culture of political protest; marches and ...

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FAST FACTSe A woman selling Coca leaves at a miner’s market in Potosi. Industrializing Coca production for the creation of legit ...

fCULTURESHOCK! BULGARIA A group of young Bolivians on a bench in the Plaza, La Paz. An occasional Three-Toed Tree Sloth may be f ...

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hCULTURESHOCK! BULGARIA Elderly Chola women in traditional dress at the gate of Basilica de San Francisco, La Paz. Bowler hats a ...

Enjoying Bolivia 205 really start feeling the lack of oxygen. Climbing up slate outcrops, it gets steep in parts.” The second ni ...

206 CultureShock! Bolivia Andrew Valder, second from left—the Apolo Terranaut. Everest is taller but here you feel on top of the ...

Enjoying Bolivia 207 Nearly 400 m (1,312 ft) lower than Illimani doesn’t sound like much, but it makes a great difference. Peter ...

208 CultureShock! Bolivia Apolo and Beyond The port of entry to the region is the obscure town of Apolo. To reach Apolo from the ...

Enjoying Bolivia 209 the leaf’s celebrated attribute of generating unprecedented endurance was not a mere legend. During the tre ...

210 CultureShock! Bolivia latitude of key sites along the way with a GPS (Geographical Positioning Unit). Red-helmeted Jacinto, ...

Enjoying Bolivia 211 The trip beyond Mamacona was still in doubt. Andrew explained to the guide, as best as he could, that the g ...