selling coca tea in the square

Copacabana.. not quite like Rio!

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May 22nd 2006
It is sitting on the balcony of my 5 star hotel that I look out across Lake Titicaca and really consider the size of this Lake. To think that the day before I was in Peru and after a 3 hour bus ride with water the view from the window most of the way it is still the same water body that I am looking at and again, to the horizon, water is all that I can see. Copacabana is the border town of Bol ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana

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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