Inside the San Javier church

Which country are we in?

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July 23rd 2007
We´ve made it to Santa Cruz - Bolivia´s second largest city, on the eastern side of Bolivia - and have driven approx 3000kms. Santa Cruz is great - it main plaza is beautiful, its quite orderly and tidy and its warm! I´ve had a few moments when I forget which country I´m in... its quite different to La Paz. On the way down here we stopped in a few of the towns which have Jesuit missions. The ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Santa Cruz Department » Santa Cruz

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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