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Bolivia Travel Tips: Safety Tips for Hikers  Are you footloose and fancy free? Love the outdoors? Bolivia is known as a country where tourism involves a lot of outdoor activities in high mountains ...

Bolivia travel tips: don't let your money put you at risk  Tourists are easy targets for pickpockets in Bolivia and criminals are becoming bolder and more cunning, using some very creative ways to separate you ...

Voltage in Bolivia   What is the voltage in Bolivia? Is it 110 like in the U.S. or 220 like in Europe?

Is Bolivia safe for americans anymore??  I lived in Bolivia a few years back, during a time when I was doing service for my church, at this time there was a lot of change taking place (new president)...

NEVER rent a car in A CROSS RENT A CAR   Dear Travelers,
i just rented a car in this so called company, i took a short trip to the Chiquitania and when i returned, the front lights of the left ...

ATTENTION! HELP US LOCATE OMRI LAHAD ("KIPI") FROM ISRAEL IN Columbia, Bolivia, Peru  Omri Lahad, 23, last seen at end of October in city of Leticia in Colombia, apparently boarded ferry to Peru. Omri Lahad, 23, has been missing for several ...

Bus agencies   Hi Bella, Thanks for a great site and great advice. Me and my girlfriend are travelling through Bolivia in December and would like to know: What bus agencies ...

carry your identification at all times  7 October 2009: It alarmed me not a little to see on the news tonight that two Brazilian nationals were stopped by Interpol police who asked them to show ...

drink little and be proactive  I was on a bus with my friend going from Santa Cruz to Sucre. It's a 12 hour ride, mostly on a dirt road. High up in the mountains, 8 hours into the ...

Theft awareness - be aware of new robbery technique  This has happened to me 3 times in La Paz, additionally I WATCHED it happen one time in La Paz to another traveler (I tried to prevent it) and now one ...

Bolivia Travel Tips from the Tourist Police  The Policia Turistica, or Tourism Police of Sucre, Bolivia have published some travel tips for tourists that apply not only to tourism in Sucre, but are ...

Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever  Bolivian hemorrhagic fever is an infectious disease caused by the machupo virus. Normally people are infected when they touch rodent droppings or urine ...

Bolivia travel tips: register with your embassy upon arrival  This is one of the travel tips travelers pay the least attention to, and yet it can become one of the most important things you do while you travel. Even ...

Bolivia travel tips: keeping your luggage safe  Someone once commented on one of our Bolivia Travel Tips forums that ?safety is a right? and that?s true. But you can avoid contributing to becoming a ...

Bolivia travel tips: safety when traveling alone  Bolivia is a nation of friendly, hospitable people who are generally happy to answer questions or point you in the right direction. However, there are ...

Bolivia travel tips: how to prepare a medical kit for travel  There are three main reasons tourists should consider carrying a small but well-prepared medical kit when traveling Bolivia. First of all, many people ...

Travelling Tips For Health  It's always important to take care of your health, but there are additional concerns to keep in mind when you're traveling. Whether you're taking a quick ...

Bolivia Tourism: Top Tourist Destinations and Attractions in Bolivia  Before you travel check out this page on the top tourist attractions in Bolivia with tips from Bella on the best things to do, destinations, and little ...

15 ways to get the cheapest flights  Tip 1: Read this list of 15 things you can do to get the cheapest tickets and the best flights . Tip 2: Put them into practice! Bella.

Tourists: Demand Bolivia Tour Operators Provide Proper Safety Equipment!  Do you really need travel insurance in Bolivia? Good question. And I've been asked this a LOT recently. Enough to get me concerned. Most of us DON'T invest ...

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