Hotel Mirador

Boliviaotearoa - land of the white substances part I

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February 12th 2009
Mon 26th - arrived into Copacabana from Peru and the bus stopped outside a really fancy looking hotel that we figured would be really expensive, but turns out was cheaper than the hostel we´d been staying at in La Paz! So I went inside and booked us a room while Lorna manned the bags coming off the bus. We were on the second floor and when the hotel man opened the door to our room the view was ... 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