Mt Illimani

Our Bolivian Home

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June 29th 2010
As Thomas puts it, this is our Bolivian home. Our flight down almost went well. At about 5:30am we circled over the airport in La Paz but were not able to land. The pilot announced that the generator had burned out and he was using a back up one. It made enough power to land but not to take off again and the techs in La Paz didn't have a replacement one. So we had to skip our stop in La Paz and ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

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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