Isla Del Sol

Copacabana & Isla Del Sol

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May 25th 2009
Hi again, We have been waiting in this small town of Copacabana for 3 days for a bank to open. There are no ATMs to speak of, so we have been surviving on the good will of the hotel manager, and the pittance we were able to change at the pervian border. Luckily, things here are about half the cost of what they were in Peru, so we aren´t suffering too much. This place is really small, quiet ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana

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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