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Bermejo, Bolivia - not worth visiting
July 11, 2026
Bermejo, Bolivia - population: about 40,000; elevation: about 420 meters (1378 feet); founded in 1922. When first entering the town from the northern side I thought, "What on earth? My word, this is awful, what kind of place have I come to visit?" It really is one of the ugliest town entrances I've ever seen. And it went on for quite a few minutes. The highway slowly improved but not much by the time the shared taxi I was in stopped at the terminal. I walked from there to the town center. All of the streets are littered. The town center is a little cleaner, but even the central park/plaza has a few bits of litter and plastic bottles on the ground. I think people here just don't care.Read More
Tarija, Bolivia - One of Three Cities in Bolivia I kind of Like
July 7, 2026
Tarija, Bolivia was founded in 1574. It's a small city of around 240,000 people. The climate is nice if you like spring-like weather year-round. The afternoon temps generally range in the 20s° C (low-70s° to low-80s° F), with the nightly lows generall in the single-digits to the mid-teens (mid-30s° to mid-50s° F). The city sits at 1854 meters (6083 ft) which accounts for the cold nights. When the sun sets the temp drops quickly.
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Camargo, Bolivia - a pleasant, quiet town next to red cliffs
July 4, 2026
Camargo, Bolivia: population maybe around 15,000; located in the Cinti Valley, in which one side is high cliffs and the other high hills; the town sits at about 2425 meters (7956 feet). The Chico River runs alongside the town, and some new suburban growth is occuring across the river. The cliffs prevent the town from expanding that way, and there is some room between the river and the high hills. Those cliffs are impressive, red, and vertically straight up.
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Potosà and Sucre, Bolivia - No Thank You
June 29, 2026
Sucre, BO
Sucre, Bolivia - founded in 1538; population about 300,000; elevation: 2790 meters (9150 feet). Climate: yearly average daytime high about 22° C (71° F) and night lows average 10° C (51° F). It doesn't rain much in Sucre. They get an average of 646mm (25.4 inches) of rain per year. Sucre is the capital city of Bolivia. This city is the second-highest capital city in the world, the highest being Quito, Ecuador. Quito sits at 2,850 meters (9,350 feet). Bolivia has two capitals - Sucre and La Paz. La Paz sits at 3,650 meters (11,975 feet). Sucre is the constitutional capital and La Paz is the administrative capital.
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Aiquile, BO
June 23, 2026
Aiquile, Bolivia, is a town of about 27,000 sitting at an elevation of about 2260 meters (7400 feet), in a valley on the eastern side of the Andes Mountains. The vast majority of the population is indigenous Quechua and speaks the Quechua language. Most of the younger population also speaks Spanish, while most of the older generations do not.
The town is quite pleasant, something actually rare in my experiences in Bolivia (I now know 18 cities in Bolivia). Of the towns I know, there are 2 (Aiquile and Samaipata) that I actually like, plus one community that isn't actually even a town (Santiago de Chiquitos).
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