Destinations Visited
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La PazLa Paz is situated in a narrow bottom of a canyon surrounded by Andean mountains, snow covered peaks and volcanoes, what makes its scenery mystic and unique in the world. It’s Bolivia's administrative center, as well as its most populated state department. Over the last 20 years its population has doubled and is estimated today at nearly 1,3 million people. It is the highest capital in the world (located at 3,580 meters/ 11,740 feet above sea level), where people apparently never stop selling food and walking up and down the endless thin streets from the foot to the top of the city. You will find an incredible mixture of Bolivian poor people dressed in traditional colorful clothes, business men, churches and places, colonial and modern buildings, interesting museums, and innumerous markets with the most famous “Witch market” where you can buy dried llama fetuses or the rarest species of potions you have ever seen in your life. The geographical location causes cold temperatures during the nights in La Paz, although the day sun keeps usually strong during the whole year. La Paz has a good tourist infrastructure with many good restaurants, hotels and travel agency to various attractions close to the city. Some of the most famous trips are the steeply falling jungle road to the little town “Coroico” in the Yungas”, the blue-colored “Lake Titicaca”, the Cordillera highlands and the ruins of “Tahuanaco” or “tiwanacu”. |
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SucreSucre, with a population of about 185,000 inhabitants, is located in a picturesque valley at an altitude of 2700 m (8,900 ft). It is one of the most peaceful and pleasurable cities in Bolivia with an European flavor architecture and a lovely warm climate in the region. Offering the most beautiful setting in Boliva as it is often described, the sleepy town is surrounded by the gigantic snowcapped peaks of “Illampú” (6362m/20,867ft) and “Ancohuma” (6427m/21,080ft). There are a lot of interesting places to visit in the city like the Cathedral and “Chapel of Guadalupe”, the “Casa de la Libertad” with colonial artifacts related to Bolivian independence, the three universities with the university museum and “Immaculada Convent”, with a little shop for handicrafts. Another sight worth to see are the ruins of “Calle-Calle” in the “Zudanez” neighborhood. |
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PotosiThe cold and windy city Potosi is the highest city of the world at 4,690 meters (15,380 ft). During the colonization period it was one of the richest and most beautiful cities in the world filled with plenty of churches and colonial buildings. Today the wealth of the city has gone but still has left a fascinating spirit in the colonial, narrow winding streets. In the city can be visited the interesting Money museum “Casa de Moneda”, which was partially constructed with material from the “Gran Chaco”, a region which is about 400 km (250 miles) away. A close silver mine was responsible for its prosperity during the 16th - century. Until today cooperative-run mines work in the humid, muddy corridors filled with noxious gases. Tourist Agencies offer excursions in the mines which are highly recommended as you will understand personally the hard reality of the miners. This excursion is probably one of the most remarkable experience of your travels in Bolivia, you can get. |
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