43.11-15th March. Swapping all my clothes for a pair of red speedos in Bolivia?!
March 24th 2009 11-03-09
We arrived at the border town of La Quica by 6am. We knew we were arriving early in the morning but we were hoping it was going to be after sun rise. So you can imagine the look on our faces when we got woken up, looked out the window and realised it was still pitch black..great! Within seconds of stepping out of the bus to collect out backpacks we felt unsafe. The fact that there were
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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 
