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Peru / Bolivia trip - preparations??

sporina · 2013-07-28 22:01:09

so i am heading to peru and bolivia for a month in september.. not sure what i need to do in terms of shopping.. like what clothes to take. I am getting my shots done.. So what do i need to take with me? anyone done a similar trip?

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#32 10-10-2013 1:09am

sarkozy

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Bolivia's tougher to make your way, but there are real pay-offs. It's a developing country, so you have to improvise more and be a bit more careful. It can be a challenge at first, but you work it out. I enjoyed the adventure that way.

Getting to Arequipa, having entered Peru via Puno, felt bizarrely like South Africa at times because some better-off areas seemed so sanitised. I never even felt that in Argentina.

I'm told it's typical of Aymara culture to not be so gregarious (that's coming from centuries of indigenous culture and historical experience), but I wouldn't call it unfriendliness. But I agree, Peru by comparison is more 'touristy' that way.

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