Background: 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 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. Current goals include attracting foreign investment, strengthening the educational system, resolving disputes with coca growers over Bolivia's counterdrug efforts, and waging an anticorruption campaign.
August 7th 2008South America » Bolivia » Cochabamba Department » Cochabamba Our next sojourn out of La Paz was to head for Lake Titicaca and Isla Del Sol, the birthplace of the Sun, according to the Incas. We were trying to decide whether to go to Lake Titicaca from Peru or B ... 87 photos[full story]
July 12th 2008South America » Bolivia » Cochabamba Department » Cochabamba Buenos Noches!
I finally have some downtime in Lima. Liz left tonight, and I look forward to a rest after 2 weeks of constant travel! I will be staying in Lima at Loki Hostel once again, for tonigh ... 19 photos[full story]
July 8th 2008South America » Bolivia » Cochabamba Department » Cochabamba During this last week in Bolivia, I decided to change locations and started working at an orphanage by the name of Cuidadera. Come to find out, there are over 200 orphanages in Cochabamba alone. Most ... [full story]
July 1st 2008South America » Bolivia » Cochabamba Department » Cochabamba My first weekend adventure had left me anxious to travel more...
The second weekend I ended up traveling with a group of friends to La Paz, one of the biggest cities in Bolivia that I had mentioned ... [full story]
June 28th 2008South America » Bolivia » Cochabamba Department » Cochabamba Whether or not to visit Torotoro National Park was probably our toughest 'where to go' decision yet, but in the end we decided that there are only a few places in the world where you can see dinosaur ... 46 photos[full story]
July 3rd 2008South America » Bolivia » Cochabamba Department » Cochabamba I´m working on writing about the last couple of weekends... hopefully I´ll have it posted by tomorrow. I just recently started working on a documentary about life in Cochabamba that is taking up a lot ... [full story]
June 28th 2008South America » Bolivia » Cochabamba Department » Cochabamba So we've gone down in the world - literally. Cochabamba is at a height of 2558m, so only just at high altitude. Its the lowest we've been since San Pedro and its so warm! The shorts are back out (1st ... 5 photos[full story]
June 26th 2008South America » Bolivia » Cochabamba Department » Cochabamba It´s all in the little things. For example...
Toby, the dog that has made the clinic his home, greets me every morning as if I´ve known him for a lifetime.
Even though, in general, the service c ... [full story]
June 25th 2008South America » Bolivia » Cochabamba Department » Cochabamba Last week was filled with work, fiestas and dancing... Projects Abroad had a social for all the volunteers where we grilled out and watched a local group perform the native dances of Cochabamba. They ... [full story]
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