Bolivia is a country of unique qualities,
unpredicatable and extreme. Reaching from the depths
of the Amazon to the highest city in the world,
Bolivia spans such a scale of diversity in its landscape,
culture and climate that visitors are constantly confronted
with new challenges and awe inspiring experiences.
In only a matter of hours, you are able to travel
from the lure of pink dolphins and piranaha fish,
in the balmy heat of the Yungas, to the alpacas
and llamas, in the cold chill of the Antiplano.
Although economically, Bolivia is the poorest country
in South America, it stands out from its neighbours
as perhaps the country richest in its range of natural
qualities and its untold secrets. It is this secrecy
that is perhaps the strongest attraction to Bolivia
for the independant traveller.
The
Witches' Market by
Thomas Carroll " The untidy place looks like
something out of a horror movie. Mounted
animal heads glare at me with unseeing
eyes, feathers and potions adorn the tables,
herbs spill from their dirty bags onto
the wooden floor..."
Fracas
in La Pazby Gregory Wesson
When Gregory mistakenly hears fireworks
he ends up caught up in civil unrest.
"Maybe the Bolivians are more
practiced at it, but I wonder what Toronto
would be like four hours after tanks were
called in to crush an armed rebellion."