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Getting fuel in Bolivia

Hello fellow Travellers,
a friend and I are planning to drive with motorcycles from Lake Titicaca over La Paz, Oruro to Uyuni and getting to Chile at Paso Salar de Ollague. We’ve heard from other Travellers and read about the fuel situation in Bolivia. According to https://tuckstruck.net/overland-plan...el-in-bolivia/ it should be possible to get fuel at YPFB-Stations, but their journey to Bolivia seems to have happened in 2016, so that might be old news. On iOverlander we found conflicting information about specific stations so to sum it up, we’ll try to fill up wherever it is possible and try our luck. We’ll also bring jerrycans to extend our range.
Lastly we’ve heard about a strike affecting southwestern Bolivia and gas stations not having fuel at all.

Has anyone been there lately and might be able to give us reliable/up to date information?

Greetings, Richard
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Fuel in Colombia

Well.....

You can never be sure of anything.
It can happen that there is no fuel left.
But maybe they have in the next village. Or somewhere else
I was riding for three weeks in Bolivia.
And I could always get fuel.
Even if I had to buy in plastic bottles at a mini market in one remote village.
They have reduced price for Bolivians.
They should check the license plate.
So you should pay the normal price, that is higher, but still cheap.
Some fuel station in some large city did not allow motorcycles to enter the gas stations. You had to pick up the fuel with cans. This never happended in teh remote areas that I were in.
Some might give you the reduces price or something between.

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Tell them that you pay cash
"Pago con Efectivo"
Tell them that you do not wanted/needed any papers.
Be polite and nice and pay what they ask and you will get good service from nice people.
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Hi Erik,
thanks for the response. Thats quiet reassuring, we’ll try our luck ☺️
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perhaps you are referring to the fact that in Bolivia in this period it is difficult to find petrol even for them? I have information (from a person who lives in Bolivia) from a few days ago that the situation is difficult, it is difficult to find petrol even in authorized distributors, diesel fuel is even more difficult. however I believe that if you are not in a hurry you will be able to find something.
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You never know

Yes

part of "You can never be sure"
About anything.
Except that things won't go as planned.
But that is part of the travel

This time it is Bolivia


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/w...rales-mas.html

2020 was the Covid.

2 Yeas ago I was stuck in Peru. That had been calm. But a protest (That was close to a civil war) started. And nobody saw it coming.
I was in Julia in January :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliaca_massacre


1 year ago. In a Ecuador that has always been calm: Criminal gang attacked a prison. To free some leaders and...
=> Fighting between Police and criminals. Police got help from military...
And a lot of restrictions. Getting into Ecuador required papers to prove that you were not criminal. After some confusion, Europeans (and gringos ?) could only get a 10 days transit Visa. Not normal 90 days tourist Visa.

And next ?? Argentina has got a crazy president....

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One lesson here is that the way things were a couple of months, years, or decades ago is not necessarily the way it is right now. By all accounts, the situation in Bolivia has deteriorated markedly during the past few months, and fuel has become far more difficult to find in a lot of areas.

This is a change from last year, the year before, or 2010 when I was there...though at the time people said it was difficult to find fuel. I'd suggest attaching dates to all reports that "It isn't so bad," or "You can always find fuel if you search long enough."

Mostly, I feel for residents, many of whom have no realistic choices.

Mark
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