Travelled a long way in 3 weeks!

Salt flat tour... bumpy roads, sore bums and lots of coca

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April 8th 2007
Well Bolivia turned out to be a lot less daunting than the Lonely Planet guide promised it would be! We travelled with a really great group of people from Salta in Argentina, over the border at La Quiaca and Villazon (tiny back arse end of nowhere kind of places) and finally arrived in Tupiza after experiencing the craziest train ticket fiasco since the great train robbery! In Villazon to buy tra ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Tupiza

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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