Iglesia de San Francisco

Day 50 - Dried Llama Foetuses

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May 11th 2010
After our first decent sleep on a night bus, the bags buried under our foot rests, we awoke to a sight of mount Illimani at 6439m towering in front of us. Its snow crested peak was something to behold in the drier antiplano region of Bolivia. After driving through what seemed like the outskirts of La Paz for ages, we realised it was in fact Viacha when we approached the crest of the giant crater i ... 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