Downtown, La Paz

Copacabana, La Paz & Uyuni

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September 25th 2007
Hi, So we are in La Paz now after a whirlwind tour of Bolivia. After leaving Arequipa, we took a bus to Puno, where we hoped to make a connection to Copacabana. We just missed it, but a very helpful Peruvian man chased down the bus for us in a taxi... and so on to Bolivia. Copacabana is a small very touristy town on the shores of Lake Titicaca (one of the highest navigable lakes in the world). T ... read more

South America » Bolivia

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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