The jeep and the gringo with no shoes

Lucky to be alive!!!!

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December 5th 2006
This weekend we decided to go and see another city in Bolivia. Cochabamba is about 400kms away from La Paz... which you would think would take about 4-5 hours... but it took us 12! Here is why this trip turned slightly nightmare-ish... 1. It was raining cats and dogs. We had a great lightning display and at over 4000m most of the way, feared we would get fried (although on further thought we w ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Cochabamba Department » Cochabamba

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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