Welcome to Bolivia

From Puno to La Paz

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August 5th 2009
The trip into Bolivia was quite well organised by our tour company Tour Peru. We boarded a bus in the Puno bus station at 7.30am and several hours later we had to disembark to walk across the border into Bolivia. Having already completed the neccesary paperwork on the bus, we then had to queue in two different buildings. At the first building we were okayed by the National Guard (ok to l ... 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