Bolivia Articles
- How You Could Pay For Your Next Trip to South America
Posted on January 19, 2012 by Danny Warren
I’m not a professional photographer, but for over five years now I’ve used stock photography to supplement my income and help cover travel expenses. One of my favorite trips in recent years was to La Paz, Bolivia.
- Trek Bolivia: A Machu Picchu Alternative
Posted on July 20, 2011 by Katie Hilborn
Forget the trek to Machu Picchu, Peru. While the pre-Columbian city is truly a work of art, it is difficult not to feel disappointed after hiking for four days only to find a hoard of tourists who got to the top in an hour by train. Instead of following the masses, why not venture off the beaten path and hike Bolivia’s El Choro Trail?
- Bolivia—For the Adventurous Only
Posted on July 29, 2010 by Kent Zimmerman
A dramatic kaleidoscope of color…amazing rock formations… spectacularly high, snow-covered peaks…endless great salt lakes…jungles… pampas…vineyards… whitewashed colonial cities…and modern, skyscraper-filled metropolises…
- Globetrotter
Posted on April 30, 2010 by International Living
The Costa Rican government wants to position Costa Rica as a true retirement haven and has declared retirement communities aimed at U.S. pensioners to be “of national interest.”
- How to Buy Quality Gems for Less in Latin America
Posted on September 29, 2009 by Renee Newman
Five hundred years ago, when the Spanish Conquistadores were exploring Venezuela and Panama, they discovered extensive pearl beds off the coastline.
- Your Dollar Still Goes Far in Ecuador
Posted on November 25, 2008 by International Living
When my wife Merri and I first arrived in Ecuador in 1997, one U.S. dollar bought about 3,000 Ecuadorian sucres. Then Ecuador’s currency took a disastrous nosedive. Within a year, 7,000 sucres equaled one greenback.
- How to Enjoy an Early Retirement
Posted on March 2, 2008 by Paul Terhorst
My friend Martin went to La Paz, Bolivia, for a business conference. While on a mid-morning stroll, he saw an apple vendor sitting on a box, behind a small pile of delicious-looking apples. Martin figured his friends at the conference would enjoy an apple, too, so he told the vendor he’d buy all her apples. She flat-out refused to sell to him. He tried to cajole and otherwise persuade her, to no avail. “Senor, I can’t let you buy all my apples. If I sell out now I won’t have anything to do for the rest of the day.”
- Your own British Colombian island…a $30,000 jungle house…Bolivian ranchland…live under coconut trees
Posted on June 3, 2007 by International Living
Your own British Colombian island…a $30,000 jungle house…Bolivian ranchland…live under coconut trees








