Articles tagged with "Bolivia"
Bolivia has no single climate. The altiplano, the valleys and the lowland east sit at such different elevations that they behave as separate countries, and a trip that crosses them needs clothes for all three.
Two things about entering Bolivia surprise people. A yellow fever certificate is required of every arriving traveler rather than recommended, and the stamp in your passport may say 30 days when the allowance is 90.
Bolivia runs on a dry season from May to October and a wet one from November to March. The unusual part is that the country's best known sight is worth seeing in both, for opposite reasons, so the date decides what you actually get.
Lake Titicaca is high, vast and cold, and it is the center of Andean origin tradition rather than a scenic lake with a story attached. Isla del Sol is where that tradition is anchored.
Potosi was for a time one of the largest and richest cities on earth, and the reason was the mountain above it. Understanding what was taken out of Cerro Rico, and who was made to take it, is the point of going.
The Salar de Uyuni is the image most people have of Bolivia before they know anything else about it. It is also, contrary to what almost everyone assumes, not a World Heritage Site.