10 Great Things About Bolivia

1. There are delicious fruits you've never heard of before, like chirimoya, that grow in such sweet shapes.













2. There is a lot of respect for the llamas and alpacas...











3. Even if they look like Lyle Lovett or hippies.















4. The indigenous flag (whipala) and the gay flag coordinate.














5. One's masculinity isn't threatened by wearing pompoms, multiple hats or playing flutes.












6. Disco Cristo!













7. The mix of old and new (note the Anti-Crombie shirt).














8. Bus drivers will pose for photos while swerving down a mountain road. They will also share their charque (fried llama jerky) with you and let you sit up front when there aren't any seats left on the bus. This is the scariest seat on the bus.











9. You can pretend you're an explorer discovering a new Halloween Parrot in the jungle.













10. The VP accessorizes with coca; who wouldn't - it comes from such pretty places (like this cocale in the Yungas).