From the ExpatsBlog team of editors: “After our hugely successful Expat Blog Awards 2012 last year, we thought we’d take a different spin on this year’s awards! Realising that last year’s scenario would be unfair to recently-joined newer bloggers, we’ve decided to combine the Expat Blog Awards 2013 with a big expat writing contest!”
Twenty Reasons for Adding Bolivia to Your Expat Visiting List !
That said, here’s my pitch… If this blogpost here makes you a bit curious… hop over to ExpatBlogs and check out a list especially prepared for this year’s writing contest: Suggestions on why expats should add Bolivia to their visiting list… they’ll be so in love that may want to stick around for a while! And remember: your great comment will help this blog go for Gold… two years in a row… why not? 😮
Bolivia is a culturally diverse, geographically unique and strange in so many other ways that it’s hard to find another place/country quite like it. And this statement is coming from a ‘serial expat’, a traveling mother of third-culture children, a trailing spouse married into the US Foreign Service, and a Latina-born woman.
Hummm… need more examples of the colors and textures? Take a look:
The worldly recognized, the Andean rugs…
Also, here one may enjoy the typical “salteñas“, recipes borrowed long ago from neighboring Argentina…
Craving for more? Let’s go on a quick trip towards this unique place on earth!
What you may find in Bolivia? Take a look at these images, and don’t forget: go visit the Expat Blogs and share your wonderful comment about this travel blog! [Thank you!!!]
What looks like a carpet of stalagmites canvassing a desert, Valle de la Luna, or “Valley of the Moon” is what is left of a mountain composed of clay and sandstone that has been battered by strong winds and time.
Here are more images of this unique country… looking for a bit more explanation? Check the full text prepared for this year’s contest [shameless, right? :o]
The famous “trufi”!
Connect with the past, experience the present and look into the future… Bolivia offers it all! ♥
Twenty Reasons for Adding Bolivia to Your Expat Visiting List !
3rdculturechildren 
Honestly, being an expats to a different culture was really hard. You have to join other people culture and tradition but on the other side of the note, as time goes by, I learn how to develop myself being humanitarian by helping them.
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You convinced me with this post, specially after watching the Laguna Verde photo. Now I want to travel to Bolivia, and actually I’m planning my trip with a friend. Any suggestions?
Kind greetings,
Marianne
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Thank you very much for your interest, Marianne! Glad you were convinced! 😮 Now, please don’t forget to go share your impressions at the post/article on ExpatsBlog: Visit the site, leave a comment and help us win! Twenty Reasons for Adding Bolivia to Your Expat Visiting List !
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I don’t know what is “Expat Visiting List” but I will check about it and support you.
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It’s the ‘bucket list’ every [serial] expat tend to put together… it’s a ‘life plan’… a wish list with places to visit/live in… Thanks for stopping by and for commenting! 😮
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I checked out the \blog contest and then came here and it is even better with photos! I left a link on my blog post Tourist in Your Own Town… so others will come see you too. This month’s theme is holidays on my Tourist Challenge. Yours isn’t related to celebrations, but certainly you are a tourist in your own town! Maybe you can show us what Bolivia does for the Christmas/Holiday season. too 🙂
http://canadiantravelbugs.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/tourist-in-your-own-town-holidays-2/
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Thank you so very much! Unfortunately, the posts/articles for the contest would not support images… once it’s over, i’ll update this post here with the text and images… that said, my ‘story’ will make way more sense.. And regarding your suggestion, I’ll definitely have a post on holidays in Bolivia, with images… did one last year, and one of my favorite findings was on ‘underwear for the New Year’… 😮 here in La Paz, it’s customary to have yellow and red underwear for sale right before the New Year… for good luck, success and money!!! Thanks for the link!
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They do the same here in China for Chinese New Year, which is like our Christmas. They also wear/buy new clothes and underwear in red and yellow. Hmmm maybe there is something in that since 2 very different cultures do it 😉
Looking forward to your post for the Tourist in Your Own Town Challenge.
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Will definitely work on that… give me a few days, and it’ll be out! 😮
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Excellent 🙂 No hurry I only set a challenge once a month (the first weekend of each month) so still a few weeks.
Thanks for joining in… looking forward to the post.
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Loving it even more the secob yime aroubd ♥
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😮 Thanks!
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Brilliant pictures. Thanks. I’ve added Bolivia to my list. I can’t see me realistically going there any time soon, but I’ve added it.
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Great to know, Elainecanham! And, btw, since I’m inviting people to get to know a bit more on Bolivia, feel free to hop on to the ExpatsBlog page, read thru my piece on Bolivia for Expats, and share your comment – it’ll be very much appreciated! 😮
http://www.expatsblog.com/contests/709/twenty-reasons-for-adding-bolivia-to-your-expat-visiting-list
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These shots are amazing and so rich with culture and its people. I love them! Definitely worth visiting I love the mountain bicycle shot, the ziplining, and the landscapes. So cool. Great post.
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Thank you very much for your kind words… this post is part of a much larger expat project, having people share their experiences, stories and tales… Once it goes fully ‘live’, will updated you… in the meantime, thanks for stopping by our travelblog and sharing your comments! Much appreciated… 😮
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Oh Raquel what a fabulous post, you do great PR for Bolivia! I’d love to go there and experience the rich culture.
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Good to know I’m doing a fine job as the country’s ‘un-official expat PR’… 😮
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