Cool shots! And nice writeup for the background info. I took the teleferico to El Alto market, and one local sharing the gondola told me it’s too dangerous to go there alone, haha... So he offered to show me around the market. La Paz is breathtaking (literally as well), so I kept extending my stay there :D ❤️ Bolivia!
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Wow, so you went to the market in El Alto as well? Such an interesting place and the view is breathtaking - or is it just the altitude? :D So you got a guided tour across the market then?
I have met so many nice people in Bolivia, although I felt that many Bolivians were less open to talking to travellers than people in other Latin American countries.
Maybe because of the wild high Andes? I’m not sure 🤔 I heard people from lowlands are different? How did you feel in Santa Cruz? I haven’t been there yet.
Eastern Bolivia is a bit different, but I felt very welcome in Santa Cruz. Further East in the department Santa Cruz there is almost no tourism (and now wifi at all! :D) and people were very surprised to see a European guy travelling there, but they were super nice!
In Santa Cruz, I actually met a guy who was learning German and hosted me for some days. He even took me to some amazing waterfalls in the region!
Sounds very cool! 😀 I want to visit it in future too, and Tarija - recommended by some Bolivianos in a bus ;)
Every Bolivian I met told me to go to Tarija :D It was too far off my route, but I will go there when I am back in South America!