Just three hours down the hill from big, bad, freezing La Paz, lies steaming-hot, laid-back Coroico.

Set on a hilltop in the subtropical Yungas region, most travellers come here for some serious R&R.

From the village itself, the view to coca fields, coffee plantations, deep-forested canyons and sky-puncturing mountains is simply breathtaking - unless, that is, you come here in October and November, when the smoke from seasonal burning unfortunately obscures most of the scenery.