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Lake Titicaca

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July 10th 2007
The Lonely Planet describes Lake Titicaca as 'the world's highest navigable lake' in the Peru section and then goes on to say 'Lake Titicaca is often wrongly described as the World's highest navigable lake' in the Bolivia section. Whatever the case may be they forgot to mention Copacabana (one of the Lake's towns) is Bolivia's answer to Brighton. Everyone flocks here for their holidays and hires a ... read more

South America » Bolivia

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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