On the train

Get down off your horse, and drink your milk!!

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January 22nd 2009
Hola We last left you at the bus station in La Paz, ready for our 3 hr journey to Oruro - Well, the journey turned out to be 5 hrs in the end and resulted in a sprint to the train station once we arrived (The plan was to arrive and be lucky enough to get train tickets for that evening to Tupiza)....20kg pack, and 3500m altitude made things a little difficult, so it was more of a demented wobble ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Tupiza

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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