La Paz

La Paz First day

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May 17th 2007
I got to La Paz this morning after a pretty bad bus ride from Sucre, 14 hours. La Paz is a huge huge city, only 1.5 million people but it just seems so huge. We did a bit of walking around, went to the Coca Museum, which told us the history of the Coca leaf, alot of reading but it was pretty interesting. La Paz is not the most beautiful city in the world by any means, but theres alot of stu ... 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