BoliviaCapital city: La Paz (Administrative) and Sucre (Constitutional): Official Language: Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. Government Type: Democratic. Religion: 90 % Catholics, but freedom of worship is guaranteed by law. Environment: A safe country. Index of robbery and theft to tourists is the lowest in South America, Bolivia is probably the safest country of Latin America. Shopping : Distinctive handicrafts at bargaining prices, gold, silver, alpaca wool, etc. Altitude: Eat and drink moderately and take your time at first. Seasons: Rainy from December to March, rest of the year mild and sunny. Monetary: 6.7 Bolivianos per American Dollar. Business Hour: 9:00 to 12:00 in the morning, 14:30 to 18:30 in the afternoon. Government and some financial institutions are now working strait from 08:30 to 16:30. Local Time: 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Bolivian Time is constant throughout the year and throughout the country. Electric currency: La Paz runs on 220V and 110V current. The rest of the country is 220V, the current is in 50 cycles AC. Accommodation: From first-class hotels to typical lodgings. Entrance Ways: By air with several carriers, operating to Bolivia. However, the most attractive and usual way to enter Bolivia is from Peru, crossing the Sacred Lake of the Incas by catamaran. A Titikaka Catamaran Cruise Line offers daily connections from Cusco/Puno to La Paz. Holidays: New Years day - January 1st. Carnival - Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Good Friday - Friday before Easter. Labor Day - May 1. Corpus Christi - 60 days after Good Friday. Independence Day - August 6. All Saints Day - November 2. Christmas Day - December 25.
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