Sarita is huge!
After stopping at the Witches Market, in La Paz, Sarita bought some herbs. Here is the result on the salt plains as she grows so huge that she can hold me in the palm of her hand. Fortunately it was temporary and soon the effects wore off and I was returned safely to the flat, salty and very white earth
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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]
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] Blog: High and dry in Boliva
Date: November 6th 2008
So we have just left Boliva and have ended up in Argentina..... and already have eaten enough steak to last me a life time (it has been 2 days here!) So Boliva..... Boliva is very, very high with an average height of 3750m above sea level. Unfortunately we only got to see a little of Boliva and didn´t see any jungle areas and hence for us Boliva appeared to be very, very dry (except for the De ... read more
Date: November 6th 2008
So we have just left Boliva and have ended up in Argentina..... and already have eaten enough steak to last me a life time (it has been 2 days here!) So Boliva..... Boliva is very, very high with an average height of 3750m above sea level. Unfortunately we only got to see a little of Boliva and didn´t see any jungle areas and hence for us Boliva appeared to be very, very dry (except for the De ... read more
