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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jul 2, 2008
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful
It's not quite up there with the legendary Rio carnival, but Santa Cruz's own version - held 15 days before Lent, is a pretty lively affair too. The whole city lets its collective hair down, and I...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jul 2, 2008
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When you arrive in La Paz you'll see various notices around the bus station warning of tricks and scams to beware of. Nobody wants to become paranoid, but it is important to bear these warnings in...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jul 2, 2008
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Arriving at a Bolivian bus station can be an intimidating experience - unlike neighbouring Brazil, where there tends to be just one bus company plying each route, here there are several, and each company employs people to yell at potential passengers about their prices. The good news is that with...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jul 2, 2008
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Hostels are frequently considered to be the cheapest option for backpackers, but in Bolivia it's very often not the case. Particularly if you're traveling as a couple, basic hotel rooms often work out a good deal cheaper. However, when I say basic, I mean very basic. Hot water is often not part...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jul 2, 2008
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I'm normally always up for partaking of the national drink when I visit a country - cacahaca in Brazil, Pisco sours in Peru, dark rum in Colombia...but in Bolivia I found I had to give the national drink a miss after tasting it once. Singani, the country's most popular spirit, is very cheap and...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jul 2, 2008
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Warning: Do not eat fresh fruit at altitude. In particular, do not eat fresh fruit at altitude if recovering from a nasty stomach bug. Having been laid up in Samaipata with a horrible Bolivian bug...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jun 26, 2008
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Nobody should visit Santa Cruz without taking a couple of days out to stay in the lovely mountain town of Samaipata. The name apparently means 'rest in the mountains', and it's certainly a fitting...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jun 26, 2008
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Is there any city in the world without an Irish pub? If there is, I've yet to find it. I arrived in Santa Cruz with my boyfriend and our (Irish) travelling companion, and naturally he wanted to...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jun 24, 2008
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Having arrived in Bolivia from super-pricey Brazil, I couldn't get over how cheap the prices were in Santa Cruz. Given that this is perhaps the country's most 'Westernised' city, you'd be forgiven...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jun 23, 2008
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Having been living in Rio de Janeiro for six months, I didn't have a great deal in the way of warm clothing when I reached Bolivia. The cardigan, jeans and trainers that had kept me warm on nights...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jun 17, 2008
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I stopped off in Cochabamba really just as a way of breaking my journey up to La Paz, and getting gradually accustomed to the altitude. However, once there I found I really liked the place. The...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jun 16, 2008
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Although a lot of ugly high rise buildings sprang up in La Paz during the 1960s and 1970s, there are still quite a few good examples of colonial architecture to keep history buffs happy. I was...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jun 16, 2008
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When I first arrived in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, I spent several hours just trying to work out where the supermarkets were. I wandered around and round the city, at a loss as to why I couldn't find anywhere to pick up supplies. Partly, I later found out, it was because (unlike in Brazil) most shops...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jun 16, 2008
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At over 4,000 metres, Copacabana gets pretty chilly at night (and when I say chilly I really mean darned cold). However, in the rush to pack all those woolly jumpers, hats and scarves, it's easy to...
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LucyHB
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Globetrotter
Jun 16, 2008
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Arriving in La Paz will, quite literally, take your breath away. And it's not just the 4,000 metre altitude that will make your head spin. As my bus travelled past wooden slum houses, and chaotic...
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Jun 16, 2008
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