View of La Paz

August 16th 2008
By the time I arrived in Bolivia´s capital, La Paz, I was feeling quite sick. I had a bit of a cough before heading into the mines which not surprisingly worsened afterwards. I had ran in Potosi at 13,500ft which was a struggle and now being sick I just did not have the energy to run in La Paz´s high altitude. I had been running all throughout my time in Argentina and just had done 13 miles ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

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

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Brett

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Welcome to my blog, which I wrote during my around the world trip from September 2007 to August 2008. After graduating from college, I worked for a year and saved. This along with the money I made from working in New Zealand got me through a year of traveling. My initial travel plans were just for New Zealand, but after hearing so many stories about where others have been and also just catching a bit of a travel bug I decided to make stops in South East Asia, Nepal and South America as well. ... full info

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