La Paz

Loving La Paz

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September 12th 2007
The first thing anyone says about La Paz is that its the ´highest capital in the world´the next thing people usually say is that they don´t really know anything else about the place. I did not and neither did any of the people we were traveling with. We came with no preconceptions. For me La Paz is the classic Latin American city. The center lies at the bottom of the huge natural bowl, to the ... 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