Bolivian landscape

Beautiful Bolivia, part one: La Paz

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January 18th 2010
The Bolivian adventure continued in the country’s official capitol: La Paz. We boarded another bus from Copacabana to La Paz, which involved getting out of the bus, en route, and onto a small boat to cross Lake Titicaca. It was quite funny to see the bus floating across the lake on a shanty looking barge. The entire trip to La Paz took about 4 hours. Just as we made our final descent into the ci ... read more

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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