The traditional Andean woman, immediately recognizable in voluminous skirts, a bowler hat, and braids, is often referred to as a cholita. The incongruousness between their looks and their killer wrestling moves is what made the cholita wrestlers at the Lucha Libre matches in El Alto so well known. WWF-style wrestling in general is very popular in Bolivia, but at Cholitas Wrestling, the men in extravagant costumes, such as Gitano and Doberman, take a backseat to the more famous cholitas such as La Loca.

The buses of Bolivia offer you the opportunity to save money on travel, and sometimes on food for the day or lodging for the night. They also allow you to see the country in a new way by showing you overlooked landscapes, mixing together national and international travelers, and taking you to towns and cities to which you’d be unable to fly. Along the way, you might spy vicuñas and condors. Depending on the route, and considering that only about 5% of the country’s roads are paves, sometimes it’s an adventure on par with Death Road or mountain climbing!