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From Cocaine to Monkeys: Bolivia Travel, 10 First Impressions
The folds of Bolivia’s beauty – and its contradictions and struggles — defy a story line. It seems that every time we turn a corner, another piece of data in the form of an observation or conversation...
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The Bolivian Salt Flats: Mother Nature’s Watercolor Playground
The Bolivian Salt Flats. If you haven't already been to the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, put it on your bucket list. Vast, stunning, barren, surreal — and a stark, beautiful reminder of how small we...
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Thanksgiving in Bolivia, MacGyver* in the Kitchen
Thanksgiving may be over, but I’m still thankful. We admit it – we are the worst bloggers. Many wrote their Thanksgiving posts a week or two before turkey day while others prepared something to publish...
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Cocaine: A Story That Begins in the Bolivian Jungle
I need to fill up the tank completely. Finding gasoline in Chapare can be unreliable. It’s one of the ingredients in cocaine production – and that gets first priority. — Alvarro, our client and guide...
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Bolivia Travel: Tarija, the City of Smiles and Hospitality
Oh, Tarija. The women there are beautiful. It’s their smiles. They are the dream of every Bolivian man. — David, our Bolivian guide for the Salar de Uyuni tour, delivers an animated testimonial for...
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Tarija, Bolivia: The Lowdown on Bolivian Wine
While the people of Tarija, Bolivia will keep you hanging around, it’s the wine – surprisingly drinkable and made with grapes grown at an elevation of 6,000 feet — that Tarija is best known for....
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Potosi, Through Children’s Eyes (Where Were You When You Were Twelve?)
We eat the mountain…and the mountain eats us. — David, a mine guide and former miner in Potosi, echoes a decades-old sentiment about the city's lifeblood, its world-famous silver mines. It was late...
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Bolivia: Travel to Love or Travel to Learn?
“The folds of Bolivia’s beauty – and its contradictions and struggles — defy a story line.” — Our thoughts in Bolivia, First Impressions Bolivia may defy a story line, but it sure does beg a visit....
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