It can be extremely useful to have a travel guide to review while you are on vacation. Whether you are someone who regularly takes their holidays around the globe, or someone who is finally getting the opportunity to travel for the very first time, a travel guide is a handy thing to have access to. If you have never been to Bolivia before, you will certainly need a travel guide.
You have two basic categories of travel guide: those that are online, and those that are in book format. You might want to check out a few online guides before you head into a bookstore to purchase a travel guide. Start with the World Travel Guide website about Bolivia, http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/35/country_guide/South-America/Bolivia.html for a quick overview. Next, read a more detailed travel guide at iExplore http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Bolivia/Overview. They have ten pages of information about Bolivia including everything from its history, to climate, to telephone area code. One page describes where you can go fishing, trekking, mountaineering, skiing, or take a jungle tour. You may also want to see what the Virtual Tourist website http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/South_America/Bolivia/TravelGuide-Bolivia.html has to say. This is a website that offers an “inside scoop” about a place based on the reviews and recommendations of actual people who have traveled there.
If you would prefer to have a travel guide in book format that you can hold in your hand, you shouldn’t have difficulty finding one. Several different companies create travel guides for Bolivia, which are updated with new information as needed. One advantage of buying a travel guidebook is that when you end up someplace where the Internet is “down”, or non-existent, you still have helpful information at your fingertips.
Many travel guides include a section about Bolivia in their South American guidebooks. It is also possible to find a travel guide specifically about Bolivia, if you would prefer. The 2010 edition of the Bolivia guidebook by Lonely Planet will be available in May of this year. Footprint books also has a Bolivia travel guide. The most recent one is their 5th edition, which was published in 2008. Culture Smart: the essential guide to customs and culture has a travel book about Bolivia that was published in 2009. Each of those travel guides can be found at Barnes & Noble Bookstores, or Amazon.com. Check the publication date of the travel guide before you buy it, and get the most recent edition.