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

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  • Chapter Map of Bolivia xii

  • First Impressions

  • Chapter

  • and History Overview of Land

  • Setting

  • Regions: the World in Microcosm

  • it Simple Temperature Zones: Keeping

  • Che Guevara

  • Football Team Altitude and the Brazilian

  • Finding Your Level

  • Human Plants

  • Must Come Up What Goes Down

  • Travel Advisory

  • Exotic Gas

  • Wilderness Challengers

  • Coca and Other Confl icts

  • and Bolivian Law Foreign Relations

  • Economic Realities

  • Class Struggle a la Boliviana

  • The Political Landscape

  • of Transformation The Chronology

  • Culture and Tourism

    • Chapter

    • The Bolivian People



  • Characters

  • The Celebrity Industry

  • Stereotypes and Rivalries

    • Chapter

    • The Social Setting

    • Evolution in First Gear

      • Chapter

      • Settling In



    • Immigration and Customs

    • Health

    • Currency and Money

    • Consumer Goods

    • Hotels

    • Transportation

    • Clothing

    • The Postal System

    • Telecommunications

    • Housing

    • Children

    • Dogs in the ’Hood

    • Crime Time

    • Interiors

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      • The Food of Bolivia



    • Food

    • Drinking and Socialising

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      • Enjoying Bolivia



    • Festivals

    • Getting Involved

    • La Paz: The Great Hole

    • Alternative Cities From Highland to Jungle:

    • High Valley Cities

    • Lowland Cities

    • Bolivia Plays Hard to Get

    • Don’t Like Tours Tours for People who

    • Chapter

    • Language Learning the



  • Spanish Language

  • Language and Titles

  • The Business of Language

    • Chapter

    • Working in Bolivia



  • Business As Not Usual

  • The Art of Waiting

  • Who Do You Know?

  • Cultivating Contacts

  • Practical Business/Social Tips

  • Titles

  • Business Climate: Exports

  • The Curse of Oil

  • Raw Materials The Raw Reality of

  • Internal Economy Business Climate:

    • Chapter

    • About Bolivia Fast facts



  • Famous People

  • Acronyms

  • Superlative Fact Sheet Country Statistics:

  • Culture Quiz

  • Do’s and Don’ts

  • Glossary

  • Resource Guide

  • Further Reading

  • About the Author

  • Index

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