Amigos

Sucre, Bolivia

---

February 10th 2010
After ¨Día del Compadre¨, I headed to Sucre with the three guys I met in Potosí. Cool little town (actually quite a bit bigger than the other towns I have visited), all the buildings are white, cobblestone streets, plazas and churches everywhere you look (weird, I know, that never happens here). We just stayed there for about three nights before my new friends headed off to Cochabamba and I gr ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Chuquisaca Department » Sucre

---

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