James Booth reports for D’marge: Lost summits. Crunching glaciers. Barren plains. Bolivia’s fault-forged landscape is known for attracting climbers, hikers and mountain bikers more than Pink Flamingo Enthusiasts looking to chill in a giant plunge pool. That may be set to change. While tourism numbers languished around 300,000 per year in the early 2000’s recent reports indicate Bolivia now sees around…
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Bolivian food reflects our mestizo roots!
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: Bolivian food tastes like miscegenation in an anthology book Researcher Beatriz Rossells traces the history of gastronomy. Rescue native products and culinary traditions to explain their current reinvention. The researcher and historian Beatriz Rossells during the interview. That attempt of the Spaniards to disappear the indigenous culture during the…
Bolivia, a well-loved country, celebrated 194 years of freedom
Armando Mariaca writes in El Diario, picture from the internet: To feel that on August 6, the country celebrates another year of free and independent life, it should be for all Bolivians reason and cause to reformulate purposes that tend to love and serve it with greater force, with honesty and responsibility; but, unfortunately, this…
Bolivia’s identity in nine hats
Yvonne Leon reports for Los Tiempos: Each of the country’s departments has a particular hat with which the region is usually identified. The garments become the first skin, cover letter and identification of an era. Although there is not much literature that speaks exclusively of this garment, little by little there is an approach to…
You Can Live Like Royalty On Your South American Adventure At These Quirky And Affordable Apartments
James Fenton reports for lovin.ie: When you hear the word ‘Copacabana’, you’ll most likely immediately think of the bustling beach in Rio De Janeiro, one of the most famous tourist sites in South America. All while humming the Barry Manilow classic of the same name, of course. [What this author didn’t say is that Copacabana’s…
We’re Convinced Bolivia is the Most Magical Place on Earth
Kayla Becker writes in Fodor’s Travel: Bolivia will put you under its spell. Endless Martian landscapes and white salt flats rolling past your window—this is how Boliviabewitches you. You’re crossing the Andean desert in a 4×4 and it’s a bumpy ride, but as the sun sets, you forget that part. Your guide leans back to tell…
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