Despite losing half of our territory since we became an independent nation, we still have a large territory; traveling from the highlands down to the Amazon basin implies rough and uneven terrain, it is hard to build a solid road, let alone maintaining them in good condition. This year, reports say that the rainy season…
Category: Holidays
Public safety in Bolivia during carnival 2012, beware and enjoy!!
During the upcoming carnival weekend, people who live in or visit Bolivia must take precautions. Unfortunately, we have been experiencing an upward trend in violence and crime. Use taxi cabs that your friends or hotels locally recommend; do not engage in useless arguments that can turn ugly and keep an eye on your belongings at…
A Bolivian tradition: Alasitas, a miniature fair
Today, in La Paz and some other cities around Bolivia there is a traditional miniature fair. I rather not say more as I found out a great description of it in Cultureness’s Blog: http://cultureness.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/alasitas-the-magical-place-opens-today/#comment-193 It has great pictures and a nice description!!
A useless Bolivian government holiday and its politics’ style
I remember a Vietnamese friend, we developed a friendship despite our political and economical views, who described that he and his wife worked for their government from Monday thru Saturday, more than 10 hours per day; on Sunday they worked for their own kid, to save for his education and health. The whole population was…
Feliz día de Reyes!! Happy King’s – Wise King’s Day!!
In Bolivia and most of Latin America, this is the day we celebrate the arrival of the Three King’s (Tres Reyes Magos), Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar to Bethlehem. Little Jesus was offered gifts: Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. Over 40 years ago in Bolivia, this was the day that children received their Christmas gifts, unfortunately a tradition that is…
Feliz Navidad with Bolivian picana!!
La Prensa had the right idea to write about the Bolivian Christmas food that has survived the years; Wilson Aguilar writes and shares the photo: To prepare a picana, the typical Christmas Bolivian dish, for six people costs between 200 and 250 bolivianos, as La Prensa was able to verify on a tour through La…
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