La Paz view

All good things come to an end

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October 26th 2009
Our bus trip from Copacabana involved a quick ferry crossing and leaving the blue waters of Lake Titicaca and on to the desolate altiplano of Bolivia, long desolate stretches of high altitude flat yellow grassy land, where there are mountains they are dark and creepy looking with white caps. There were a few isolated villages up there but it must be a hard life up there, the towns again seemed du ... 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