Student

sick and scared

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November 26th 2007
I woke up at 3AM puking my brains out. altitude sickness was catching up to me real bad. i also spent my night on the computer researching sucre. my flight to sucre was cancelled because protesters took over the airport. sucre was worse than i expected. 4 people were killed. a student got shot in the head, a police officer was lynched, and a lawyer was killed by spraygas. however, i arrived to ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

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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