RECOVERED

moon valley and locals

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July 5th 2007
Today I took a tour of the city and surrounding out skirts, Bolivia has a colourful history and once was the largest in sth America, after several wars it lost most of its land to Chile, Brazil and Peru, and had an economic collapse when the country was run by the army, so from my earlier comments about it looking like a war zone in parts was pretty much correct, the country is just now getting o ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Tiwanaku

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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