Bolivia: The Land of Contrasts, Part 1. The arrival.
Many moons ago, when I was in college and crushed hard on a Bolivian singer in a reggae band, I became instantly intrigued with a country so exotic and so far away. My love and intrigue for this far off land started with meeting someone from Bolivia and from then on, my interest was piqued. Time passed and Bolivia would come and go in my conversations yet my curiosity maintained omnipresent. As I began my travel agency and started studying more about South America, it quickly became a destination that I desired to experience, mostly because everything I'd read had said it was such an intriguing destination but not always the most tourist friendly ~ which was precisely why I wanted to go there! A few months ago, I was invited to explore Bolivia with Magri Tours and I quickly jumped at the opportunity. The itinerary included the city of La Paz, Salar de Uyuni, Lake Titicaca and beyond. I was going to explore every last place that was on my bucket list and to say the least,