Sunset, Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca - Copacabana

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November 8th 2009
We left Peru on 1st November, with high hopes for Bolivia and Copacabana as a chilled out gringo-friendly town. We travelled by coach from Puno, to the border, where everybody disembarks in order to walk between Peruvian and Bolivian emigration. Fortunately we Brits have free access to Bolivia. US citizens have to pay $140!! There was a slight hiccup on departing the Bolivian border when it was ... 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