Death Road!

La Paz and Death Road

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July 21st 2007
After a interesting 15 hour overnight bus Journey from Cuzco we arrived in La Paz. The bus company was Litoral, the bus smelled like a toilet and it was freezing. There was also some blockades coming into Bolivia so we had to go down some really small roads and when we met other vehicles it wasn´t much fun. The bus also got stuck in a deep hole going across one part of a road so the bus drivers w ... 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