Travel And Ski In Bolivia: A Truly Unusual Travel Destination
Bolivia certainly isn’t your everyday tourist destination. In many respects it embodies the heart of South America. In what other country can you watch indigenous women with their bright traditional dresses and bowler hats, stunning tropical valleys and snow-capped peaks in a single day?
La Paz will take your breath away in more ways than one. The world’s highest capital, it lies at 4000m above sea level. It’s surrounded by snow-capped mountain peaks during most parts of the year. Taking a taxi to the city center, you will feel like you are driving into the gaping mouth of an extinct volcano.
Probably the best known tourist attraction of La Paz is the witches market. If you are looking for a Llama fetus to bury underneath your new house to bring good luck, you will find it here. You could certainly also find something to bring a bit of bad luck to your horrible boss back home. The huge open air market of 16 de Julio offers virtually anything you can think of; if you are looking for a wireless reading device you will find it here, and if you want to buy a 5 piece drum set you will most probably find that as well.
Don’t leave La Paz without bringing a visit to the famous coca museum, depicting the history of coca farming in Bolivia. If you thought that coca was only used to produce cocain, you are in for a surprise. The indigenous people have been using it for centuries to make tea, for medicinal purposes and to chew as an antidote to altitude sickness.
You might not be aware that a famous soft drink containing the word coca in it’s name, used to also contain cocaine. This practice lasted well into the 20th century and was only terminated in 1929!
If it’s possible, you should really try to attend La Paz’s biggest yearly festival, the festival of Gran Poder. To give you an indication of the size of this festival: the total number of participants during 2009 exceeded 30 000. It is truly a fantastic display of music, costumes and dance which lasts from early in the morning until deep into the night.
Should you be an avid skier and you have access to Alpine skiing equipment, you should consider taking a day trip to the nearby ski resort of Chacaltaya. At 5400m this is the world’s highest ski resort. We are now talking about the same height as that of Everest base camp, so unless you are totally acclimatised to the attitude, you will probably find that you can hardly breathe, never mind ski.
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