Squirrel Monkey

Christmas in La Paz and the New Year in the Jungle

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January 3rd 2011
What does one do on Christmas Eve in Bolivia? The easy answer, we found, was to sit on a bus and drive over night from the salt flats of Uyuni to La Paz. The back of our ticket kindly gave a brief description of the state of the road that we could expect on our journey. They weren’t wrong. Although dark, you still felt that the driver was trying to dodge and swerve past every pot hole, rock ... 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