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October 25th 2005
Hi everyone We are currently in La Paz, and really loving Bolivia. (although we have a 12 hour overnight bus trip to Potosi later, so opinions may change...will keep you posted on the blockades (or hopefully lack of)).... So we left Puno on the bus. It was a great trip across the Alto Plano - the highlands of the Andes - with stunning scenary - farmland streaching out to snow capped peaks in ... 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