Bolivian Spanish word

tierras bajas / tierras altas

Meaning: the lowlands / the highlands

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How it is used in Bolivia

Bolivians frame the trip as going from the tierras bajas (Santa Cruz) up to the tierras altas (La Paz). Naming where you came from helps reception and, later, a doctor understand the change.

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