Bolivia
 Bolivia | |
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| Language: | Spanish, Quechua, Aymara |
| Capital: | La Paz |
| Population: | 9,119,152 |
| Currency: | Boliviano (BOB) |
| Paved roads: | 10–20% |
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Bolivia is a country in South America.
Although it is not uncommon to see a family on the side of the road waiting for a truck to pick them up for local travelling, overall the hitching isn't very good. The roads are in very bad condition (something like 10–20% of roads in Bolivia are paved, which can be very scary in the rainy season!), they wind up and down the Andes into hairpin bends at 4,000m, are wide enough for one truck or bus (so you want to be sure the person you've just gotten a ride with knows how to drive!) and are generally pretty frightening. If just going for a few kilometres, it is advisable, but often you are picked up in a truck with many people and sometimes even livestock, are asked to pay maybe 5 Bolivianos for 100 km and in the long run, you're better off taking the bus (which is extremely cheap). Sometimes hitching will work in Bolivia, but often nobody has a car, and the only wheels around are collectivos or buses (remember: it's not impossible to hitch buses. good-humoredness quick making friends etc).
you can hitchhike in bolivia from the tranca, the place where they want toll from the vehicles, it's always cheaper than the bus and sometimes it's given for free, usually you have to pay something, but always you pay less than the bustransportation, just ask the prices. it's great to see the countryside from the back of a truck you should have a warm blanket on you when you travel like that.
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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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