Bolivia Travel Tips

With our travels through Bolivia now behind us we thought it would be fun to share some tips we learned along the way.

Tip #1:

“Instead of building a bridge over a channel of choppy water you can unload a bus full of people, have them pay money to board a rickety old boat, and then send the bus separately with your luggage on board onto a tipsy wooden barge.” (Lake Titicaca)

Tip #2:

“Do not deny your caffeine addiction while traveling.” (La Paz)

Tip #3:

“When staying in La Paz try and pick a hotel/hostel at the bottom of the hill (as the entire city is built on a hillside).” (La Paz)

Tip #4:

“In La Paz if you cannot find a restaurant to eat dinner at it is perfectly acceptable to eat at the same restaurant three times over the course of 24 hours.” (La Paz)

Tip #5:

“When you have the choice of taking a bus over nearly impassable dirt roads overnight to the Salar de Uyuni or waiting one day and taking the same overnight route via a comfortable and reliable train – take the train!” (Salar de Uyuni)

Tip #6:

“If sitting at a restaurant being heated by a propane canister rigged to a heater (at that moment being fixed/tampered with by staff) and you start to smell propane, get the hell out of the restaurant even if your order has already been placed.” (Salar de Uyuni)

Tip #7:

“When driving a bus down the side of a cliff on a dirt road and the corners are too sharp to turn just put the bus into reverse so that you can make the corner (this of course  after having had previous difficulties putting the bus into gear all morning .” (Uyuni to Argentina border)

Tip #8:

“Regardless of the previous tips visit the Salar de Uyuni salt flats as it is a truly amazing experience.” (Salar de Uyuni)