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Cochabamba travel safety advice
Cochabamba travel safety advice
Roving gangs of supposed glue sniffers (cleferos) are known to attack and rob people, especially at night. Stay on streets with ample pedestrian traffic. They tend to hang out under the bridges at night and rob people crossing after 6:30. It is also generally dangerous to walk through the centers of parks during the day since they like to soak up the sun during the days in the grassy centers of the parks.
The hill of the Coronilla (behind the bus terminal) is also not safe because it is often deserted and many have been robbed here. Generally, anywhere south of Calle Aroma is not safe after 6:30.
Robbers also operate from cars, particularly cabs, late at night. Stay alert if one stops right in front of you. Cross the street!
When getting into a cab late at night, it is best to call a radio taxi which you can get from friends, a local family, or the hostal you are staying at. If you cannot call a radio movil to pick you up, make sure to take a taxi with a company name on the side and remember that company in case anything happens so that you can report it to them. It is best to ask a hotel, restaurant, bar, or discoteca to call a taxi for you.
On the stairs of the hill "Cerro de San Pedro" have been robberies, some during the day. Take a taxi or the teleferico (cable cars) to the top.
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