Achachairu. What's That?

Bolivia is the country on "the other side of the earth" and is not a common tourist destination.



The only culture in the world, outside England that wears the bowler hat are the Aymara women. They believe it enhances fertility.
The bowler hat – or bombin – has been worn by Quechua and Aymara women in Peru and Bolivia since the 1920s, when it was introduced to Bolivia by British railway workers.
One story told how a large shipment of bowlers arrived in Bolivia for the European workers but the hats were too small, and so they were dispersed to the locals and spread the fertility rumours, which stuck.




An interesting fruit called Achachairu or Bolivian mangosteen, pale orange as compared to the local purple, it was described as "super sweet".



Bolivia has its share of historical events and one which is high profile is about Che Guevara the revolutionery hero from Cuba who was killed in Bolivia in 1967.



The classic movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) was based on a real story. At the end of the 1800s after becoming America's most wanted criminals, the duo made their way to Bolivia.
However the law caught up with them in 1909 and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a shoot-out at San Vicente. But the police were not able to positively identify the two dead men. Well, DNA was an alien word at the time.