The Complete Bolivia!

Get high on Bolivia, just take the time to acclimatize!

The altiplano culture of Bolivia hasn’t granted it immunity from the musical and cultural pleasures washing over many people of the continent. Cumbia Boliviano blares out from cafes and clubs from La Paz to Santa Cruz, but the dulcet tones of Quechua and Aymara are still to be heard as the country hurtles into the 21st century.

This is a country not exclusively mummified in an Inca wonderland although evidence of Spanish rule are everywhere to behold. Potosi’s Cerro Rico silver mountain is still there, the salt flats of Uyumi make for a fascinating visit as does the town of Copacabana perched on the edge of the mystical lake Titicaca. There is even a “salt” hotel that is bookable if you want!

After arriving in La Paz, 30 hours is the acclimatising period for most and then afterwards you can see people living on shear mountainsides in altitude so acute that official football matches are deemed too strenuous to be played at such an altitude! The altitude can literally take your breath away, but as ever the people are the country and the Bolivianos are more hospitable than most and easy people to talk with and to have a laugh with too… but don’t talk about football with them though!!