Lonely Planet Bolivia (Paperback)

by Deanna Swaney (Author) "The great Altiplano (High Plateau), the largest expanse of arable land in the Andes, extends from present-day Bolivia into southern Peru, northwestern Argentina and northern..." (more)
Key Phrases: charque kan, balsa crossing, several flotas, Santa Cruz, Parque Nacional, Lake Titicaca (more...)

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Product Description

Ride the world's highest ski lift, trek ancient Inca roads, bathe in Andean hot springs and tour working silver mines. Whether you want to explore Bolivia's salt deserts, watch sloths or cruise the Highway to the Sun, let this in-depth guidebook take you there.

• accommodations in the Andes or the Amazon for all budgets
• insider dining tips, including the best llama jerky and falso conejo
• the rundown on cha'lla vehicle blessings and other local celebrations
• handy language section with Spanish, Quechua and Aymará phrases
• 71 useful maps, including Inca trails and Amazon jungle treks

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 4th edition (February 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0864426682
• ISBN-13: 978-0864426680
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,159,809 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disapointed, July 16, 2002

By	Arturo Bodenstedt Engel (Mexico, D.F. Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was dissapointed with this lonely planet guide. Usually i travel everywhere with LP guides and find them excellent, but this ones is out of question a bad guide. I read it often enough to ensure that it may be good for hiking, but for the other things, like going out, hotel, restaurant and of the track (not hiking) it was not enough info and sometimes some not accurate info. I was very dissapointed with this LP guide. Sorry LP, but this one is BAD.

thank you

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lonely Planet Bolivia, 4th edition, June 22, 2003

By A Customer

This latest edition of the Lonely Planet Bolivia book is decidedly retrograde compared to past editions. Lonely Planet has been famous and widely appreciated for its detailed insider information drawn from the "grassroots" - local people, as well as people who use the book. This book seems to be reversal from this tradition to a significant extent. For example, in the section on Bolivian Amazonia covering Madidi National Park, only one multi-national provider of guide and visitor services is mentioned. In fact there are several, some of which are very good, and even superior in some respects - depending on what you're looking for. Such resources for the region were covered in past editions but not in this one. It leads one to wonder what either the author or Lonely Planet was really trying to achieve when they published the 4th edition.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars out of date, but helpful for maps, June 19, 2003

By	mitzigg04 "mittzigg" (VA) - See all my reviews

There are a few good maps to get you oriented with La Paz before you go to Bolivia. Most of the restaurants do not exist anymore in this book and the stores do not either.

Since there are not many travel books on Bolivia, this one is one fo the better ones, but it's a shame that there are not any better ones.

Although this book is a good introduction to Bolivia and La Paz, it's definentely not going to help you much when you get there.
Very outdated!