Rosco

We Beat the Road of Death

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March 27th 2010
Hi from La Paz. We left Uyuni, around 9.am as we had a lot of mucking around with the sale of fuel to foreigners, of which category we fit into, after using our contacts, we managed at least to fill the truck with local priced fuel. The Road from Uyuni to Oruro, has only marginally been improved since we were here 12 months ago. One of the wet land areas that they were building a concrete fo ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Coroico

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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