The welcome

Meeting with Aydi

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October 27th 2005
We left Puno on the bus at 7.30am on a journey which took us along the edges of Lake Titicaca before turning inland a little and going through some fields sprinkled with snow. Only a couple of hours into the journey we had a relatively easy border crossing into Bolivia and then had a two hour break in Copacabana for lunch. It is only when you drive along side the lake for a few hours and there ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Oruro Department » Bolivar

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more