La Paz

The Peace? Pull the other one

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December 10th 2008
Hello again. You must be surprised to be getting regular updates mustn't you? Well herer's another, fresh off the press. But enough with the intro, lets just get going. So, I'd heard that minibuses from Copacabana to La Paz were slightly dodgy, and thus had booked a big bus for the journey. Imagine my surprise when in the morning I'm told the big bus is full, so therefore I have to go in a ... 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