La Paz

La Paz.....breathless heights

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April 23rd 2008
Gringoes....as the South Americans call us tourists, stick out a mile. Not just by the colour of our skin but we are the people standing in various states of respiratory stress gasping for breath as we climb the hills. And La Paz is a city built on the hills so it´s not so easy to avoid the panting as it is set at over 3000m. You can´t help but be impressed by the scenery......it´s like the ... read more

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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