Dehradun, Dec. 7 -- A lovely Bolivian girl selling some lovely tea

Around the World with the Most Travelled Indian

Why does anyone keep any word within inverted commas? You might have noticed that the title for this feature has 'highest' within inverted commas and many may have guessed why. But there is some literal truth to it too keeping in mind that Bolivia is high mountain country. Its western part has one of the highest average elevations in the world at 3,800 meters (of course the country has a lesser overall average elevation compared to Bhutan, Nepal, Tajikistan or Kyrgyzstan and a few others since it also has the eastern Amazonian lowlands). Bolivia has the highest city in the world as well called La Paz (at 3,650 meters) and i...