Reports Travel Destinations, The Telegraph: Palacio de Sal Uyuni, Bolivia The Palacio de Sal is the world’s first salt hotel, and it’s the ideal base from which to explore the Salar de Uyuni. Everything from the ceilings to the furniture is made from salt, but this is far from the only selling point: great service,…
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Angels and devils battle it out at Bolivian festival: Señor del Gran Poder [Lord of the Great Power]
I picked this wonderful and colorful Bolivian folklore for today, as a tribute to the celebration of La Paz day! Opinion of Bolivian Thoughts. Monica Garcia reports for BBC: Angels and devils battle it out at Bolivian festival The festival is a fusion between indigenous traditions and Catholicism, as Monica García reports. The festival of…
Bolivia’s Mi Teleférico Is The Highest And Longest Cable Car Ride You Can Experience Right Now
M J De Castro reports for Travelers Today: Bolivia’s Mi Teleférico Is The Highest And Longest Cable Car Ride You Can Experience Right Now To say Bolivia is a wonderful yet underrated country would be an understatement, and in the heart of this picturesque country lies La Paz’s futuristic urban subway. At more than 11,000 feet above…
Researchers identify two new ancient mammals in Bolivia dig
Phys.org reports: Researchers identify two new ancient mammals in Bolivia dig Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and two other universities have discovered the 13-million-year-old fossils of a pair of new species of extinct hoofed mammals known as “litopterns” from a site in Bolivia. The animals, which look similar to small moose or deer in…
To comprehend Tiwanaku people: Anthropologist Plots New Use for Motion-Capture Technology
Tess Eyrich reports for University of California Riverside: Anthropologist Plots New Use for Motion-Capture Technology UCR bioarchaeologist Sara Becker plans to use the cutting-edge technique to document traditional labors of indigenous Andean people RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — Jar Jar Binks and Gollum: Two characters hailing from entirely disparate cinematic universes, yet linked in perpetuity by…
Bolivia: EnBus, a new platform for buying bus/train tickets online
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: EnBus, a new platform for buying tickets online An enterprise created in Santa Cruz facilitates the purchase of tickets to travel by bus and train in and out of Bolivia from the comfort of a computer or mobile device. A new Bolivian platform proposes buying tickets online to travel…
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