Reviews
MULTICULTURALISM, RAP AND THE BOLIVIAN MUSIC SCENE / MULTICULTURALISMO, RAP y LA ESCENA MUSICAL BOLIVIANA
29 Nov, 2020 | Alfonso Gorostiaga
Photo: Michael DunnENGLISH VERSIONWe are in the midst of a transitional stage in which we go from an already highly globalised world to an irretrievably interlinked world. By the 1970s, an interconnec...
Matilde Casazola
29 Nov, 2020 | Adriana Murillo
ENGLISH VERSIONThe voice of Bolivia’s poetic songUpon opening the green gate of a house in the centre of Sucre, I was overcome by a sense of tranquillity when I saw the kind face of Matilde Casazola....
Sign for Singani / Petición por el Singani
30 Sep, 2020 | Lanny Grossman
ENGLISH VERSIONOscar-Winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh continues fight to have Singani officially recognised by the EEUU as the national spirit of BoliviaWhile filming the movie Che 12 years ago, Os...
Mentisan
30 Aug, 2020 | Alfonso Gorostiaga
ENGLISH VERSIONI had been living in Holland for the last four years. Doctors there do not usually prescribe medication for a common cold or any other illnesses that are not considered to be overly thr...
EXPERIENCE BOLIVIA - MI CUOTA CERO
30 Aug, 2020 | Alfonso Gorostiaga
Photos: Experience BoliviaENGLISH VERSIONA mistake, a wake-up call, perhaps a divine sign. We have been locked up for three months now. The alterations that the planet has had to undergo, and the ways...
How To La Paz
30 Aug, 2020 | Nicky Gott
Image: Ivan Rodriguez PetkovicENGLISH VERSIONImagine you have just landed in La Paz airport and you have 13 hours in the city before catching your next bus. Would you choose to spend the day in a cram...
Changing Habits
31 Mar, 2020 | Emma Hall
Illustration: Ema HallConnecting with menstruation through the cupDuring their lifetime a menstruating person will use and throw away approximately 11,000 pads and tampons. These pads and tampons come...
Recommendations BX-102
02 Mar, 2020 | BX TEAM
RESTAURANT MANQ’A Description: A social Restaurant that celebrates, values and highlights the products of the bolivian countryside. It is a space that enhances traditional cuisine and transf...
Recommendations BX-101
03 Jan, 2020 | BX TEAM
TOUR AGENCY ANDES XTREMO Description: This extreme sports agency offers a high level of service and security according to the established and standardised requirements worldwide to share and...
Ahijada Ajicería
11 Dec, 2019 | Alexandra Meleán
Photos: Michael Dunn Sopocachi’s new boîte features Bolivian food with a spicy twistThe Sopocachi neighbourhood’s new kid Ahijada, or ‘goddaughter’ in Spanish, is the sister restaurant to th...
A Slice of Naples in La Paz
11 Dec, 2019 | George Fearnley
Photos: George Fearnley How Bolivia’s most authentic pizzas are being made in Cota Cota This year, the Big 7 Travel website ranked the pizza at La Paz’s Imilla Alzada the sixth best in South America,...
Past Interns
11 Dec, 2019 | BX Team
Nick Somers January - March 2015 January - June 2017 ‘Nothing has had a bigger positive impact on my life than the two periods in 2015 and 2017 I spent with Bolivian Express in La Paz....
A Call to Nature
29 Oct, 2019 | Nicole Marquez Aguirre
Photos: Nicole Marquez Aguirre The Bolivian Amazon’s Ambue Ari wildlife sanctuary My arrival at the Ambue Ari wildlife sanctuary, or ‘the park’ as the volunteers call it, began as a jou...
RECOMMENDATIONS BX-99
29 Oct, 2019 | BX TEAM
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY COMUNIDAD INTI WARA YASSI Description: CIWY is a Bolivian non-governmental organisation dedicated to rescuing, caring for and rehabilitating sick, mistreated and abandoned...
RECOMMENDATIONS BX-98
25 Sep, 2019 | BX TEAM
MUELA DEL DIABLO Description: This rock formation in the south of the city is one of the most iconic sights in La Paz. Muela del diablo means ‘devil’s molar’ and its shape is what remains of an e...