Destination: Bolivia

Coroico Road

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By cocinamaribel | Views [161] | Scholarship Entry

We encounter a roadblock due to construction on the new road. “We will have to go on an alternative road…the old road,” my friend concedes. “The old road!” I reply in a shrill voice. My friend proceeds confidently in his 2001 Jeep Cherokee, since he ... Read more >

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From the Muddy Banks of the Autocar

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By gullivanting | Views [168] | Scholarship Entry

I could see the edge of the mountain and I was not on it. That is, the coach I was on to take me from La Paz to Rurrenabaque, deep in the Bolivian jungle, was dangling with Italian Job-precariousness off several thousand metres of Andean mountain. Up ... Read more >

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A Perilous Path

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By worldnomadsscholarship | Views [307] | Scholarship Entry

My most memorable travel discoveries are special places, journey’s, or experiences outside my realm. Occasionally, it’s all three. The cycle down El camino de la muerte (Death Road) in Bolivia from an altitude of 4700m, where the immense mountains unite ... Read more >

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Carnaval de Oruro

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By poetinside | Views [184] | Scholarship Entry

"Siguenme!" yelled Dani over his shoulder as he darted through the crowds of the Oruro bus terminal, his words muffled by the enormous ball of chewed coca that he kept expertly stored between his teeth and inner cheek. We followed him through windy streets ... Read more >

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23 Hours

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By bennylunes | Views [388] | Scholarship Entry

Maybe I was being melodramatic. Truth be told, I was already in a foul mood. My morning feast of guinea pig was plotting a mutiny in my lower intestine and I was still reeling from an argument with a 12 year old boy over the price of my bus ticket. He ... Read more >

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Bolivia by Highway

Sun, 24 May 2015 | By nathygomezz-123 | Views [184] | Scholarship Entry

Potosi:City well known for its colonial construction and mines, visiting one of these is part of the “social action” that tourism portrays to the tourist by showing the hard labor the miners encounter by utilizing techniques from decades ago. I signed ... Read more >

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Discovering Bolivia by volunteering

Fri, 22 May 2015 | By wunderlust | Views [156] | Scholarship Entry

My travel treasure occurred in the beautiful country of Bolivia. It was 2013 and I had the opportunity of spend my summer as a volunteer in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. I could never have imagined what an adventure I was about to live. I arrived to Santa ... Read more >

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The North of the South

Thu, 21 May 2015 | By ourway | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry

I love traveling. I know it doesn’t sound original, but I do. My last trip was around Bolivia. I decided to leave my home country, Spain, and move in Argentina, my father’s home country. I don’t know why, but I did. I felt the need to explore Southamerica, ... Read more >

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Blessed With Blood

Mon, 18 May 2015 | By joia | Views [169] | Scholarship Entry

It was not just hard to smoke; it was furthermore a very unhealthy thing to do. Nevertheless I continued in order to keep up with the local miners who smoked one cigarette after another regardless of the 4000 meters above sea level where we were all hanging ... Read more >

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Crossing Frontiers

Sun, 10 May 2015 | By touristoftheearth | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry

It was early September of 2014 when three of my best friends and I decided to go backpacking through Bolivia. We didn't have much money so it had to be done as cheap as possible. We took a bus from Córdoba, Argentina to Jujuy, a 12 hour trip. Once we ... Read more >

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troptrip

Thu, 7 May 2015 | By troptrip | Views [167] | Scholarship Entry

I'm doing my own bolivian adventure... I'd also like to visit others countries in south america like peru ecuador or colombia... i'd like to completmy personal map... i don't want to make a standard blog, I think that everything that you do with your ... Read more >

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South American Roads

Wed, 29 Apr 2015 | By yulacosta | Views [265] | Scholarship Entry

Four years ago,my family and I decided to drive down from Bolivia-Brasil.Imagine being confined in a car packed ALL THE WAY with your family for four days.To take on a trip like this,you gotta have a lot of love,complicity,and partnership.We survived ... Read more >

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Backpacking through South America

Wed, 15 Apr 2015 | By ita | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry

I made a trip two months with three friends in South America. Although I have chosen only Bolivia in the description, I could not speak of this journey without including Peru, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay as well. It was two months I met my friends better ... Read more >

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Photos: Passport & Plate - Spaghetti in avocado cream, with masala and shrimp

Sat, 7 Mar 2015 | By snakesfordinner | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

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Passport & Plate - Picante de Pollo

Fri, 27 Feb 2015 | By ammo2112 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

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