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Government building around Plaza Murillo

La Paz and the Road to Rurre

December 29th 2009
This blog is a composite of our two trips to La Paz, Bolivia. We are getting far behind and very lazy. Part I We left for La Paz from Copacabana mid afternoon on Dec. 28. Our bus took us around Lake Titicaca to the Strait of Tiquina. The strait is so narrow you could swim across. I expect they haven't built a bridge only because the locals would lose out on jobs. Getting our bus an ... read more
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Bolivian Flag 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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