Bolivia

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Area : 1,1 M km2
Capital : La Paz & Sucre
Population : 8 Millions
Languages : Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
Religion : 95% Catholic, Protestant
Time : GMT -4
Cilmate : varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semi-arid
Currency : the Boliviano
Electricity : 220 V, 50 Hz

When to go

Winter runs from May to October and summer from November to April. Bolivia is wet in summer and dry in winter. While the highlands and altiplano can be cold in winter and wet in summer.

Visas and Passport

Most foreigners do not need a visa if they stay less than 3 months.

Budget

It is necessary to have a budget of approximately $US 15 per day.

Links

Lonely planet Bolivia
La fiche Bolivie de ABM (in French)
DFAE : fiche Bolivie (in French)
Bolivie - Ete 1998 (in French)
Atacam - Uyuni (in French)
Cyberwonder - Bolivia
Bolivia Web
To Bolivia, a travel guide!

Search Engines (in Spanish)

Bolivia.wwwDirectory.net
Bolivia Red
Bolivia Underground
Bolivia Web (en Anglais)

Bolivian
Busca Bolivia
Virtualisimo

See our Intinerary map

Messages from Bolivia
Where are they, what are they doing...?

Anecdotes
unexpected, fears, laugh...

People
Surprising, strange, met by chance...

Photos Album
Pour vous impregner du pays

Expenses
How much we spent

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