La Paz

La Paz the place and the card game

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June 28th 2009
After a bumpy overnight bus ride from Uyuni we arrived in the capital city of La Paz at around 7am in the morning, as the sun was only beginning to make its appearance it was quite cold and the bus stopped at a side road rather than in an actual bus station!! Locating a taxi which looked sort of official we headed to the Wild Rover hostel where I had tried to make an email reservation the day befo ... 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