the wide road

Sucre, Silver, Salt & Death Road!

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June 12th 2009
After spending a week in the Amazon it was time for a complete change of scenery as we planned to head south to the Bolivian salt plains. Although these plans soon changed after finding out that some angry locals were blocking the road down there so no buses were running! so, instead we headed to Bolivias official capital, Sucre which turned out to be the nicest city we have visited in Bolivia - m ... read more

South America » Bolivia

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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