Working as a digital nomad in La Paz, Bolivia

Internet connection options and speed

We do travel for the fun and for the great local experiences, but we do care about our internet connection speed and about having our spaces to work comfortably from while on our journey. Here’s what we have found in La Paz, Bolivia.

The WiFi connections speed isn’t shiny, but it is able to handle in general video meetings with several participants. Speed test with WiFi:

There is always a plan B, and that is to buy yourself a local SIM card (25 BOB = 3.6$) and charge it with some credit or internet (4 GB costs 50 BOB = 7.2$).

Later we’ve found that there are more options actually and you can get more internet in combos way cheaper, here’s Entel’s offer from (October 2019):

So I was able to get for 14.5$ 11GB-s of internet. Here’s what the internet speed test gave us by setting up a hotspot with it:

These options will be more than enough for our work from La Paz.

Laptop friendly workspaces

It won’t be hard to find that through Airbnb. If you sign up from this link you’ll get up to 39$ towards your first trip.

With one-of-a-kind homes and experiences, Airbnb is a great way to travel. When you sign up, you’ll get 25$ off your first home booking of 75$ or more and 14$ towards an experience of 46$ or more. Coupons expire one year from date of sign up.