La Paz

Living the High Life

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June 25th 2009
When we arrived in La Paz, a city which, like so many others we ended up spending more time in than was probably necessary, we were pleasantly surprised. The highest Capital city in the world (although Sucre is actually the official Capital of Bolivia) we had thought it would be a typical South American city, busy, noisy, hectic and dirty. It was most of these things but dirty was not one of t ... read more

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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