Wrestling at El Alto

Death Road, Dead Toad and a Michael Bolton Video

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January 21st 2009
After a week in Sucre I decided to get back on the road and go visit the jungle. The journey would be fairly straightforward: get an overnight bus to La Paz, Bolivia´s capital, then hoof it straight to the airport and fly to Rurrenabaque, from where I would do a 3 day tour of the jungle/pampas area. The bus journey was reasonably pleasant - they showed a terrible movie, and in the middle of th ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

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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