La Paz backdrop

Witches market and road of death

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November 21st 2006
La Paz - the worlds highest capital (according to some). We seem to be running through South America. There is so much to see and so little time to see it all. Bolivia and La Paz especially is how i imagined South America. Argentina and even Brazil have such massive influence from Europe its easy to forget you're not on the continent somewhere (the European continent that is), whereas Bolivia ... 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