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entrance into bolivia
Hi there, I understand that travel into bolivia requires a yellow fever vaccination card which I will not have, does anyone have a suggestion as to how I could verify if I am going to have trouble upon entry, as in a link to bolivian customs and immigration, my google searching is getting me nowhere. thx.
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21 Nov 2012
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Nobody asked me about my yellow fever document when i entered Bolivia andyway this document is easy to get and officials in Bolivia are easy to bribe:
Bolivia: travel from Uyuni to the road of death part 2
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Hi there, I understand that travel into bolivia requires a yellow fever vaccination card which I will not have, does anyone have a suggestion as to how I could verify if I am going to have trouble upon entry, as in a link to bolivian customs and immigration, my google searching is getting me nowhere. thx.
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Google=yellow fever bolivia
1st hit = British Foreign Office :-)
Bolivia travel advice
Read down and it says they have started checking.
Read further down it says there is yellow fever present in some areas.
So, if you want to take the chance and enter without a vaccination then that is your call. It is also relevant to other countries (Russia) that if you have a passport stamp for somewhere like Bolivia they will want to see the certificate.
Bribing border guards ? Don't. You make it harder for the next set of travelers.
Try and get a vaccination where you are now.
Think of it as protecting yourself.
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23 Nov 2012
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thx fer the replies. The point is, taking the jab isn't an option, it's a no can do not having it would be bad, having it could be everything. I have Addisons disease (adrenal related, I run on cortisol related medication) and taking a live vaccine would be very bad (apparently) so the best I can do is Deet etc. and buying lots of disposable electronic bug zappers (not). but detouring around Bolvia would be a bummer, especially when you consider that all the dengue/malaria/yellow fever issues are elevation challenged meaning over an avg elev. of 1200M it's all moot as the threat doesn't exist (+- elev. depending on areas).
That said, if they are just starting to ask for the certificate, then shurely my "I can't have it" letter should get me a Mulligan. I've copies of all med. related stuff, if the abcense of a jab means go to plan B, then I suppose it'll be plan B. From what I've gleened from trying to figure out a yellow fever threat l've determined that Dengue looks far more prevolent and incidental.
Dunno. I've thought about it all til my head spins.
Wayne.
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23 Nov 2012
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If you can't take the vaccine for medical reasons, you're supposed to be carrying a yellow fever card which says this. With the card, no problem. Whatever medical professional gave you that letter surely knew this.
If I were you I'd be thinking about how to get a genuine yellow card issued to me which states I cannot take the vaccine for medical reasons. Then you're home free wherever you go. Without, you're vulnerable--to bribes or the very real threat of an inoculation on the spot. Get it while you're someplace where medical care is cheap, wherever that might be for you.
This is entirely separate from the issue of preventing yellow fever, dengue, or malaria. It's also entirely separate from whether a given poster on an internet forum was asked for a yellow card at entry or not.
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thx fer the replies. The point is, taking the jab isn't an option, it's a no can do not having it would be bad, having it could be everything. I have Addisons disease (adrenal related, I run on cortisol related medication) and taking a live vaccine would be very bad (apparently) so the best I can do is Deet etc. and buying lots of disposable electronic bug zappers (not). but detouring around Bolvia would be a bummer, especially when you consider that all the dengue/malaria/yellow fever issues are elevation challenged meaning over an avg elev. of 1200M it's all moot as the threat doesn't exist (+- elev. depending on areas).
That said, if they are just starting to ask for the certificate, then shurely my "I can't have it" letter should get me a Mulligan. I've copies of all med. related stuff, if the abcense of a jab means go to plan B, then I suppose it'll be plan B. From what I've gleened from trying to figure out a yellow fever threat l've determined that Dengue looks far more prevolent and incidental.
Dunno. I've thought about it all til my head spins.
Wayne.
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I agree with what Mark says, all I can advise is to take a smaller quieter crossing that may not ask for the certificate.
Where you are will depend on which ones people can advise on. If in Peru, cross at Copacabana, as that may be quieter than Desguadero(sp?). They did not ask for ours there in 2011.
We are going to cross at Aguas Blanca s(Argentina) in 2 or 3 days, will let you know if they ask for ours there,
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What I understood is that you need the yellowfever vaccination as you enter from a place/country with yellowfever risk, Peru forinstance.
I didn't have one until I got the word in Brazil.
There, Brazil, you can get all, yes all your vaccinations for free. Just go to a doctor and ask for them.
I got yellowfever and Hepatitis a + B there, no charge and a vaccination document.
I was never asked for a vaccination document at the border,but was entering on a very smal crossing from Paraguay.
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24 Nov 2012
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I do have the card stating my "no can do" on the innoculation and have been informed that there will be no issues (repeatedly) with the card I have. My questions I suppose were simply to get a better look at my/our plan "A" of entering Bilivia with the successful use of my immunizaton passport and card, or what my plan "B" will be a "detour" thru Peru (just more country to see). My information is that the request for proof for having the jab is increasing and soon simply to be expected, which oddly should in my case make travellng with an exemption letter more aknowledged (though certainly not common) and thus easier? at the crossings, or not at all.
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Easy or not, you will never know if you didn't try. I would suggest go for plan A, than you can always switch to plan B 
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abso fn lootly! I'm genally cool with implementing my plan A's, but save the start til some at least hairbrained plan B is schemed first. My hunch is it'll be a non event (as the Mayor of Greenwood would say). As we leave in a few days towards Yuma crammed into a dodge pickup to unload the 5 klRs, Bolivia should arrive mid Jan (ish) I'll let you know how it goes.
What I do know is there will be no jab.
thx. for that british link, it very closely mirrors the Canadian site. still looking for something actually Bolivian.
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abso fn lootly! I'm genally cool with implementing my plan A's, but save the start til some at least hairbrained plan B is schemed first. My hunch is it'll be a non event (as the Mayor of Greenwood would say). As we leave in a few days towards Yuma crammed into a dodge pickup to unload the 5 klRs, Bolivia should arrive mid Jan (ish) I'll let you know how it goes.
What I do know is there will be no jab.
thx. for that british link, it very closely mirrors the Canadian site. still looking for something actually Bolivian.
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We entered Bolivia 2 days ago, at Aguas Blancas, no one asked for the yellow fever certificate and it wasn't offered.
If entering from Peru, use the Copacabana crossing. They didn't ask for them there in 2011 either.
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we didn't
we entered Bolivia on 27th October 2012 from the south west corner ie from san pedro de atacama (chile).
We WERE NOT asked to produce how yellow fever certificate.
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thx all we're leaving in two days so the rest will be figured out on the road.
Our ride will be reported on the dual sport bc site under adventures or this link, thx. will check in from time to time. Wayne.
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