Bolivia on a budget: see world-class sights for fewer bolivianos

MARK JOHANSON, Lonely Planet Writer You don’t need a massive budget to visit such world wonders as Lake Titicaca © Christophe Boisvieux / Getty Images Bolivia consistently ranks among the top bargain destinations in the Americas. With the country’s famously diverse terrain, you can explore Amazonian rainforests, ancient Tiwanaku ruins and some of the planet’s highest…

In Bolivia, miners sacrifice llamas to appease ‘Lord of the Underworld’

Issued on: 28/02/2022 – 03:12Modified: 28/02/2022 – 03:10 Oruro (Bolivia) (AFP) – In a dimly lit mine shaft in Bolivia, a man sharpens two knives next to a table laden with offerings: wine, beer and coca leaves. Waiting nearby are five white llamas. The woolly animals’ blood and hearts are the preferred food of El Tio (The Uncle),…

Mansion of El Guereo

Do you want to know the Mansion of El Guereo at night? A look at one of the attractions of Sucre The Mayor’s Office of Sucre rehearses night tours of different attractions in the capital. The Mansion of El Guereo, which is open to the public on Saturdays, was enabled this Saturday for a night…

A kiss and a vaccine revive Pepino to start La Paz carnival

Gina Baldivieso, EFE (para español, use este link): BOLIVIA CARNIVAL . A kiss and a vaccine revive Pepino to start La Paz carnival Carnival dancers participate in the “Pepino’s dig up” act, the opening of the La Paz carnival, in La Paz, Bolivia, 06 February 2022. EFE/Martin Alipaz Carnival dancers participate in the “Pepino’s dig…

Charango

Los Tiempos: Bolivia celebrates the National Charango Day This Saturday, January 15, Bolivia celebrates the National Day of the Charango, in commemoration of the birth of the Chuquisaca master Mauro Núñez, in 1902. On July 21, 2006, Law No. 3451 was promulgated, declaring this date as the “National Day of the Charango”. On April 6,…