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''Altough I found the hitching difficult, I crossed Bolivia for a total of about $10, which I made playing the harmonica on the streets. Bolivians are certain collaborators, but haven't always the means.''-k
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== Experiences ==
<i> Here is a short anlysing of hitchhiking in Bolivia by [[User:Korn|Korn]] on [https://warmroads.de/en/hitchhiking-in-11-bolivia/ - warmroads.]
<i>"Bolivia is a rapidly changing country, and with Evo's third term as president about to begin, one can expect the trend to continue. One of the big focuses of the current government is a massive expansion of infrastructure and this includes the widening and paving of highways. So people's stories from Bolivia will likely quite rapidly grow outdated. At present, most highways alternate between asphalt and dirt or cobblestone, so be prepared for a smooth ride to turn bumpy, especially when in the back of a truck. In our experience, Bolivia was not particularly difficult to hitch, even when exiting cities, though inside cities it proved virtually impossible much of the time (as is the case in most places). Wait times were usually only long in low-traffic rural areas where very few vehicles would pass, but in those scenarios, when one came they stopped more than 50% of the time. An ability to speak in Spanish and a map or knowledge of your route seems crucial for hitching in Bolivia, because as described in the beginning of this page, most people speak only Spanish and are generally terrible with directions. We began every exchange by saying up front that we had no money (No tenemos plata... ¿está bien?) and never paid for a single ride. This was almost always fine with every driver (except most taxis, though even some taxis would still help us out) and avoided any awkward scenarios down the road. As explained above, it is customary, especially with trucks, to pay the driver a small amount - 3 to 10 Bolivianos - upon disembarking, so it's important to work that out ahead of time, especially if you can't pay. [I'll add more info later when I have time.]"</i> - [[User:jhoule|jhoule]], hitching in October-November 2014
''Altough I found the hitching difficult, I crossed Bolivia for a total of about $10, which I made playing the harmonica on the streets. Bolivians are certain collaborators, but haven't always the means.''- k ''"I hitchhiked in Bolivia for three weeks from Villa Montes to [[Copacabana]] and it got increasingly more difficult, even to a big city like [[La Paz]]. I didn't enjoy the rides as much as in [[Paraguay]] or [[Peru]] as the situation in the vehicles was tense on occasion, maybe because they were wondering why on earth I would not pay. Other travelers set the expectations of how nice Bolivia is quite damn high and I didn't see much of that reflected in my own experiences. I'll give it ten years probably before I'll give it another shot. '''One star out of five.'''"''--- [[User:MOAH|Mind of a Hitchhiker]]
''I hitchhiked around Bolivia for 3 months; I entered the country with $400 chilean pesos (about US $0.70) and left it with three Bolivianos and a sunburn. The hitchhiking is medium to good, depending on the region, the people are extremely friendly, and the country is easily the cheapest in South America'' -[[User:Themodernnomad|themodernnomad]]
''May/ August 2014 - I hitchhiked in both parts of Bolivia, i.e. Occidental and Oriental, and it really is like chalk and cheese, or campa e colla as the locals say. On the mountainous West, a bus really is probably a more wise option. The locals tend not to be warm, receptive or curious about hitchhikers, with some exceptions. A bus out of La Paz, and then hitching on the main highways would work. Truckers will pick you up, as they often come from more friendly states. I got rides out of Titicaca and a few others, but with white lies about thefts, which I never feel easy using. ''
''3 months later, a little scarred, I entered the Oriental lowlands, which was vastly easier. Most of the times I was picked up by the very ride. Easy peasey! I took a route up through the Jesuit Ruins, for a dash of culture, very easy to hitch, and a few taxi drivers will take you for free if you blether away and entertain them with stories. You wont make the same grade of connections with your hitches on the whole, like in Argentina and Chile, but it was much easier than I anticipated. To crown it, getting free passage on a petrol barge to Brazil was a piece of cake, not even having to work for it. Slept in many shop fronts, and sometimes near police stations. But in the country, it is quite safe'' - [[User:lukeyboy95|lukeyboy95]]
I´m hitchhiking at the moment in Bolivia, and just discover that it exist a map of all the spots of the toll in the country. It´s on the ViasBolivia website, here is the [http://www.viasbolivia.gob.bo/viasbolivia/images/Mapas/maparetenesw.jpg link] [[User:Garept|Garept]]
''After a tough few days hitchhiking around Cusco and Puno I got robbed by the border police on the Bolivian side of the border. They took my bag for a quick search found 20 dollars among the dirty clothes and tarp (pretty much all I had valuable was the 20 dollars) and pocketed it. Unimpressed I walked on along the dirt road and caught a lift soon enough with a local guy to La Paz. Be careful with the food and water in Bolivia, I spent a day or two sick on the toilet after taking some tap water (unintentionally, I think it was the lemonade at a restaurant), I opted to get a bus for very cheap to Tarija then since I was a bit weak for hitchhiking. After the day on the bus though I felt better and hit the road for a bit around Tarija and found it doable to get lifts, truck drivers being the best as there is little traffic and many unmarked taxi cars, and then hitchhiked on to Argentina. I would consider my attempt to hitchhike across Bolivia failed if I'm honest mainly because I wasn't careful enough with the police and the food, people are nice there though.'' -
[[User:HoboSpirit|HoboSpirit]]
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