Bolivia: The white city shines

NZ Herald reports: Bolivia: The white city shines In the first half of my Bolivian adventure we traversed all the sights of La Paz, and acclimatised to the 3500 metres induced altitude, caught a Bolivian Airlines jet to the fast-growing town of Uyuni, took a four wheel drive onto the Salar salt flats for lunch,…

5 Things That May Surprise You About Bolivia

NICK AND DARIECE write for Travel Pulse: 5 Things That May Surprise You About Bolivia Ask a roomful of people what comes to mind when they hear “Bolivia” and you’re bound to have a lot of blank faces staring back at you. This South American country isn’t famous for much! In a continent that boasts…

Latin America’s Best Female Chef 2016 works in Bolivia!

The World’s 50 Best reports: Latin America’s Best Female Chef 2016 Kamilla Seidler, Gustu, Bolivia Danish chef on a mission to champion Bolivian cuisine When people meet Kamilla Seidler for the first time, they’re often baffled: who is this pale-skinned, blonde-haired Danish woman with perfect Spanish at the helm of Bolivia’s No.1 restaurant? But the…

Bolivian national park serving up sustainable ingredients for fine dining

Nicholas Gill reports for The Guardian: Bolivian national park serving up sustainable ingredients for fine dining Chefs among travelers proving there is demand for produce from Madidi – and helping communities understand commercial potential of their flora and fauna. Deep in Bolivia’s Madidi national park, Kamilla Seidler – the head chef of the Gustu restaurant…

How tall Bolivians became over the last 100 years

Excerpts from “Dutch men and Latvian women tallest in world according to 100-year height study” by Kate Wighton, that pertain to Bolivia, follow:               The research, led by scientists from Imperial College London and using data from most countries in the world, tracked height among young adult men and women…