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Dangers & Annoyances
Watch your cash, especially around the train and bus stations. Readers have reported
groups of young men pretending to help buy tickets or transfer luggage to a bus, and then
taking off with backpacks. Carnaval is a godsend for competent pickpockets, bag-slashers
and con artists.
Emergency
Police station
(cnr Ferroviaria & Bolívar)
If you happen to get mugged, head here to fill
out a report.
Immigration
2:30-6pm Mon-Fri, 8:30am-noon Sat & Sun)
For visa needs. If traveling to Chile, you are
better off getting your exit stamp at the border.
Internet Access
There are several internet places in town but most have painfully slow connections; an
hour costs between B$4 and B$5.
Laundry
Most hotels offer some sort of laundry service, costing between B$8 and B$20 per kilo.
7am-10pm)
charges B$15
per kilo.
Medical Services
Hospital
(
693-2025)
Along Arce on the edge of town; does good work and accepts
most travel insurance.
Money
There are cash machines in town, but they don't always work. Banco Nacional de Bolivia
eral similar places also change dollars and give cash advances for 5%. Several places on
Potosí between Arce and Bolívar buy Chilean and Argentine pesos.
