Weaving at the Museum

Day 44 - Museum of Indigenous Art

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May 5th 2010
After checking out of our hostel we began the laborious and expensive task of posting home some presents, souvenirs and no longer needed winter clothes. 40 quid for 4kg seemed cheap after DHL quoted us 130 pounds, which I nearly agreed to after doing the currency conversion very wrong and thinking it was 13 pounds! We returned to Mayapata for lunch with a view and spent what was left of our day be ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Chuquisaca Department » Sucre

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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