The first island

Dangerous Roads, Dangerous Prisons, Safe lakes

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January 30th 2009
And so we continue to try to catch up on our blogging and the South American leg of our year of travels and adventures! Carol covered the fun that was the Inca trail and the infamous 'Inca Trail Carol'. Again a lot of this is from memory, some 6 weeks ago now, so bear with us! We left Cusco after a great 8 days of trekking and fun, and left early to make the run to Puno, and Lake Titicaca. Lak ... 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