Rides, Adventure Motorcycle: La Ruta De Las Lagunas: A Ride in Southern Bolivia Written by Alexandra Fefopoulou and Stergios Gogos. Posted in Rides It was late June when we arrived at San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile. Our first encounter with the Andes and the high altitude had already given us an idea of…
Category: Environment
This Iconic Salt Hotel In Bolivia Offers Its Guests A Once-in-a-lifetime Experience | Este icónico hotel de sal en Bolivia ofrece a sus huéspedes una experiencia única en la vida
News 18: Every aspect, from the floors and walls to the furniture, ceilings and sculptures, is fashioned from this unique material Each room at Palacio de Sal boasts a unique domed ceiling made of salt bricks. Experiencing the salt flats of Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni is truly otherworldly. Situated at an altitude of 12,000 feet,…
Protecting Amazon’s most biodiverse regions | Protegiendo regiones con mayor biodiversidad del Amazonas
Mary Kate McCoy, Conservation International: In Bolivia, a ‘conservation mosaic’ gets another (big) piece In the remote lowland forests of northwestern Bolivia, a small municipality has taken a big step to protect one of the Amazon’s most biodiverse regions. With support from Conservation International, the municipality of Sena established a law to protect 452,639 hectares…
Rain and thunderstorms | Lluvias y tormentas eléctricas
Los Tiempos: Senamhi predicts rain and thunderstorms for the following days in these regions Reference photo. (Archive) | José Rocha National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi) reported that this weekend rains and thunderstorms are expected in certain regions of the country. Rainfall is also forecast for next week. The Senamhi forecaster, Kenny Quispe, told…
Jucumari: in peril | en peligro
Excerpts from an article by/Extractos de un artículo de Cindy Soliz, Oh (Magazine), Los Tiempos: THE JUCUMARI, STALKED HABITAT PROBLEMATIC. The expansion of the agricultural frontier and human growth are a serious threat to the habitat of this species. This causes significant loss of their natural environment, which is one of the biggest concerns for…
Rains and river overflows | Lluvias y desbordes de ríos
Brújula Digital: Stock of food for affected families in Cotagaita (Photo: Ministry of Defense archive) Stock de alimentos para familias damnificadas de Cotagaita (Foto: archivo Ministerio de Defensa) Intense rains and river overflows already affect 3,077 families in the country In the first months of the rainy period of this administration, the Vice Ministry of…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 