Partly excavated entrance to pyramid

La Paz

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May 8th 2007
So, we arrived in La Paz at about 6am in the morning, absolutely frozen. Fortunately we´d had the foresight to look up a hotel on the internet a few days earlier, so jumped in a taxi and were soon snuggled up in a proper bed for a few hours of much needed sleep. After our awful journey from Uyuni we and a group of fellow backpackers agreed to visit Todo Turismo to complain and hopefully get ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

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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