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

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INDEX

A

accommodation 216

Afrobolivianos 82

AIDS 71

Altiplano 16, 19, 76–77, 92, 100,

151, 163, 170, 183, 186–188,

194–195, 198, 207, 213

altitude 2, 5–7, 10–11, 14–18, 33,

53–54, 82, 113, 115–117, 127, 140–

141, 178, 182, 187, 189, 193, 196,

198, 201, 204, 208, 212, 215, 219,

243, 247, 254, 260

Amazon 4, 12, 197, 205, 223,

225, 227

Apolo 206–208

architecture 95, 125, 163, 171,

181–182, 198

art 63, 72–76, 87, 96, 105, 107, 125,

164 –168, 170, 171, 180–181, 191,

193, 196, 228, 241

art galleries 72–73, 165

Aymara 9, 23, 37, 56–57, 75–78, 82,

91, 95, 150, 156, 159, 184, 186, 201,

213, 220, 222, 230, 234–235, 238,

254–255, 257

B

Bánzer Hugo 31, 38, 79

Bolivian Labour Confederation 35

COB 35–39, 96, 258

buses 66, 121, 175, 212

business customs 241

bribes 64, 67, 95

cultivating contacts 243

functions 31, 76, 98, 145, 198

personal referrals 243

C

Cambas 77, 79–81, 194

Catholicism 92, 145, 255

caves 194

Chaco 12, 79, 81, 84– 86, 95, 196,

197, 199

chagas 11 4

Challapampa 219– 222

children 26–27, 30, 68, 70–72,

99, 104, 127–128, 138, 140, 147,

167, 169–170, 184, 190, 194, 197,

219, 224–225

Chinkana Temple 221– 222

cholera 114, 133, 194, 198

Cholos 57, 93, 96, 145

cities

Cobija 200, 247

Cochabamba 11, 14, 17, 20–21,

30, 35, 41–42, 47, 61, 71–72,

74–75, 79, 134, 151–153,

185, 189, 192–195, 198, 234,

248, 254, 259

Copacabana 10, 146, 150, 217,

218, 223

El Alto 2– 4, 10, 23, 25– 28, 35,

43–44, 65, 71, 75, 92, 150, 158,

171, 182–187, 203, 259

La Paz 2–27, 31, 33–34, 41–42,

47, 50–51, 54–57, 62, 67–75,

79, 82–84, 86, 93, 96, 100, 102,

106, 115–116, 118, 122, 124,

126, 128–129, 133, 136, 146,

151–153, 156–178, 182–184,

186–192, 194, 196, 198–199,

201–204, 212, 215, 222–223,

226, 229–230, 234, 243, 250,

253–254, 259, 260

Oruro 10, 47, 75, 79, 83, 92–93,

121–122, 146–149, 152–153,

187–188, 254

Potosí 10, 19–20, 39, 47, 54, 70,

72, 75, 79, 82, 87–88, 94, 152,

178–179, 181–182, 187–188,

193, 201, 205, 212, 234, 254

Santa Cruz 12, 41, 45, 72, 78–79,

82, 85, 122, 130, 146, 150–151,

153, 168, 172, 195–199, 254

Sucre 5, 11, 14, 17, 20–21, 44,

74–75, 79, 93, 123, 149–150,

152, 156, 182, 188–195,

234, 253

Tarija 11, 21, 89, 108, 137, 140,

150–153, 189–196, 254

Trinidad 151, 200, 226

class structure 238

coca 1, 4, 6–7, 29–34, 39, 40, 42, 60,

76, 89, 113, 138, 140, 160, 179, 208,

210–211, 221, 255, 257

cocaine 26–27, 30–31,

34, 39, 76, 97, 208

coffee 133, 138, 157, 196, 255

commerce 8–9, 48, 87, 95, 164,

172, 241, 249

conservation 207

Creole 37, 93, 95, 134, 179, 198

culture shock 92, 100, 105, 127–128,

141, 147, 150, 153, 188, 229

currency 119, 233, 255