Pre Inca Ruins Pukara de Quitor

Deserts, Desertion at the Border, and the Death Road, Oh My!

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December 3rd 2010
"geez these blogs are getting long"....and here's another one I'd set aside 20 minutes for this one.... Howdy folks, I hope this blog finds you happy, healthy and not on a bus where it seems I've been for a good portion of the past week. Bus rides are not that bad though. Sometimes while in the midst of foreign lands and foreign language, chaotic, polluted big cities and looming uncertai ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

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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