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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.

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By CD and LT
September 14th 2008

Barmy Bolivia!!

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

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Hello Everyone, Well its probably a decent time of the day for you all but for us its 7 am here. Reason I'm up so early is that I' ve caught myself a stinker of a cold. We are currently in La Paz, Bolivia, alive and well and really enjoying this place. We had planned to head North West for Maddidi national Park/Amazon but because of all the craziness which is going on in Santa Cruz regarding a referendum which is to be held on a new constitution, it is not safe for us as tourists. So instead we are planning [View Full Entry]

By ross and polly
September 13th 2008

Parque Nacional Madidi

South America » Bolivia » Beni Department » Madidi

Taxi Ride to our Jungle Boat

Polly: Jungle boogey...da da da doo doo...jungle boogey. Finally I could sing this with conviction. I kept singing it in the pampas, thinking I was in the jungle. Heat, strange food, and primitive surroundings do crazy things to you. We got on a boat, along with our group and a few locals who were hitching a ride up the Beni River, then up the Tuichi River to the shore near our camp. As we travelled upstream of the Tuichi River it got a bit shallow and Ross and I had to jump in and push our primitive little vessel up the [View Full Entry]

By Gyri og Arild
September 13th 2008

Sucre

South America » Bolivia » Chuquisaca Department » Sucre

Sykkeltur i Sucre

Etter noen kalde dager i Salar de Uyuni var det deilig aa komme til Sucre. Vi hadde egentlig tenkt oss innom gruvebyen Potosi paa veien, men det er blitt omlegging i planene og vi proever aa spare inn tid. Sucre ligger hoeyt, men har et betydelig bedre klima saa det var bare aa finne frem shortsen. Sucre er en betydningsfull by i Bolivias historie, det var her de erklaerte seg uavhengige og loesrev seg fra Spania i 1825. Saa det blir paa en maate Bolivias svar paa Eidsvoll da kanskje... Vi spanderte paa oss litt komfort i hverdagen, og tok inn [View Full Entry]

By Jana Drew
September 13th 2008

La Paz - Bolivia

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Coroico

Worlds Most Dangerous Road

La Paz - Bolivia To get to LaPaz (Bolivia’s main capital) was a journey we will never forget. Imagine this: The bus journey was 12 hours long overnight. We hop on the bus at 8pm and remember the Semi-Cama and comfort buses don’t exist in this country. So we embrace the bus and its features and remind ourselves that we will be off in 12 hours. As the bus begins on the gravel road 7 hrs into the journey we have only just stopped bumping out of our seats and our chairs sitting back up right every so often as they [View Full Entry]

By Bernadette50
September 13th 2008

La Paz

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

Botsch in La Paz

Nach dem traurigen Abschied in Putre und einer langen Busfahrt sahen wir endlich das erste Mal La Paz und waren ueberwaeltigt!!! Diese Stadt ist echt ein wahnsinn und unglaublich schoen. Mit einem Radiotaxi ging es zum Hostel. Das Loki war echt klasse, es war zwar ein Partyhostel und deswegen nicht ganz leise, aber die Bar und das Feiern um das Geld machte es wieder wett. Insgesamt waren wir zwei volle Tage in der Stadt. Wir besichtigten natuerlich den wichtches-market. Auf diesen gibt es verschiedene Opfergaben fuer Pachamama (Mutter Erde) der Aymarar zu kaufen. Teilweise bissal - sagen [View Full Entry]

By Bernadette50
September 13th 2008

Choro Trail

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Coroico

hinauf auf 4900 m

Am Dienstag ging es los mit dem Trail. Pascal unser Fuehrer holte uns vom Hpstel ab und dann ging es immer aufwaerts bis auf 4900 m. Oben war es eiskalt, der Wind bliess und Nebelschwaden zogen umher. Am ersten Tag ging es in 6 Stunden 2000 Hoehenmeter hinab. Einen Tag bevor die Tour los ging haben wir ein bolivianisches Fast Food Restaurant ausprobiert. Das war keine gute Idee (wahrscheinlich kam alles davon), denn ich hatte mir den Magen total verdorben. In der Frueh ging es mir noch gut, doch im laufe des Tages wurde mir immer uebler. Die Landschaft war echt [View Full Entry]

By Gyri og Arild
September 11th 2008

Fakta: Salt, Kaktus og Flamingos

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni

Salar de Uyuni Saltoerkenen Salar de Uyuni har en utstrekning paa 12 000 km2 og dette er vel antakelig stoerre en hele Belgia. I alle fall stort nok til at det er verdens stoerste saltflate. Den er opptil 100 meter dyp, selv om mange steder er det bare et par meters dybde. Av en eller annen grunn er saltutvinning en viktig naering her i omraadet. Dette skjer ved at man foerst skrapes saltet opp i smaa hauger. Arbeidet blir gjerne utfoert av tre menn som har ankommet paa sykkel. Naar lastebilene kommer blir de forskjellige salthaugene spadd opp paa lasteplanet. Alt [View Full Entry]

By ross and polly
September 11th 2008

Rurrenabaque and the Pampas

South America » Bolivia » Beni Department » Rurrenabaque

Rurrenabaque high street
Note the tarmac!

Ross: Rurrenabaque is a laid-back town in the Bolivian department of Beni, located on the banks of the Beni River, a tributary of the Amazon. It is located within the Amazon basin and as such is at a much lower altitude than La Paz. This is reflected in the heat, humidity and mosquito population. It's economy seems to be mostly supported by the likes of us using it as a gateway to visit the Amazon jungle (or selva) and the pampas (or savannah). Jimmy and Nic (from our week in Portillo) had strongly suggested we visit Rurrenabaque, and so here we [View Full Entry]

Waiting for a lift from the other side of the road block...

By SeamusandTash
September 10th 2008

Salt Flat Tour - Day 3 the geysers

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni

The Natural Geysers

At 6am we headed for our first stop point...the geysers. Being a little sceptical we were expecting to see a couple of puffs of smoke coming out of the ground...we couldnt have been more wrong! They were amazing! Huge great continuous blasts of egg smelling smoke coming out of the ground. All of us were in awe! Then we headed to probably the best part of the trip..the hot spring! Although it was freezing we took no time at all in stripping down to our swimming gear and jumping in...it was like heaven! Sadly we dont have photos but we have [View Full Entry]

By Gyri og Arild
September 10th 2008

Salar de Uyuni

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni

Uyuni Jernbanevognkirkegaard

En tolv timer lang nattbusstur fra La Paz til Uyuni paa humpete grusveier kan vanskelig skrytes opp til noen straalende reise, og vi forbigaar den i stillhet... Paa morgenkvisten ankom vi Uyuni som var utgangspunktet for vaar tredagers tur i soervest-bolivia. Vi endte opp i en 4x4 med to franskmenn, en tsjekker, en hollender, den lokale sjaafoeren og hans kusine som var guide og kokk. Forste stopp paa den lokale jernbanevognkirkegaarden var ikke turens hoydepunkt. Det tok seg snart opp da vi kom inn paa Salar de Uyuni, saltoerkenen. Se egen faktaboks. Ute i saltoerkenen besokte vi et hotell [View Full Entry]

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