Bolivia: La Paz and Lake Titicaca

Ethnic groups: Quechua 30%; Aymara 25%; mestizo (mixed European and Indian ancestry) 25%-30%; European 5%-15%. One of the largest Indian populations in Latin America. Of the 8.3 million, 60 percent live on less than $2 a day. Coca cultivation and use is distinctive to Bolivia, Peru, and Columbia.

Visit these places in Bolivia:
La Paz is the world’s highest capital at 11,000 feet above sea level and along the edge of the Andes. Bolivia is slightly smaller than three times the size of Montana. Copacabana is the site of the “Virgin of the Lake” on Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 meters or 12,484 feet), with the Island of the Sun, the “origin” of the Inca Empire.