Read this Tarija travel story by Alison Donald, the editor of BELLA NEWS, BoliviaBella.com free online newsletter. It was included in our July 2011 issue:

Tarija is one of those cities no-one seems to have a bad word to say about. It’s not humid, it’s got beautiful scenery, it’s a small but vibrant city. It’s not that I didn’t like it, just that I felt a bit underwhelmed by the city itself.

Firstly: a warning. Most of the road between Villamontes and Tarija is pretty horrendous.

There are more than a few locations with crosses marking the spots where vehicles have gone over the edge. Indeed as I re-read this piece prior to submitting I am adding that a bus went over the edge on Sunday, killing 28 people (though miraculously there were some survivors). Read the full article here...

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