Each day at midday, this life sized, plastic figure of San Fransisco Solano emerges to deliver a benediction to the crowd below. It is rather anti-climactic.
On the Trail of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid - Tilcara to Tupiza April 24th 2007 The horses were healthy. They had hardly a sweat after galloping across the dry river bed and up into the hills of the canyon’s wall. Their strong hind legs had carried us over 500 metres higher than the plain so we could survey the town of Tilcara below us. Even if someone had tried to follow us, they would not have caught us at the speed these spirited steeds galloped. Not that we had much sa ... read more
South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Tupiza 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
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