santa cruz's statue of christ

Santa Cruz no you're not that far

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November 23rd 2010
There wasn’t much to Santa Cruz so we only planned to have a day there before our flight. We went to the zoo which had lots of animals; leopards, bears, toucons, condors, armadillos but the zoo was a bit run down and the animals weren’t in good conditions so we didn’t take many pictures. We did however get to see Harry Potter! We also treated ourselves to a family bucket of frozen yoghurt ma ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Santa Cruz Department » Santa Cruz

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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