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At the Copa, Copacabana

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January 12th 2011
The bus from Puno to Copacabana was interesting, don't get too comfortable - everybody off so the bus can drive onto a dodgy barge and the passengers line up for tickets on a little ferry with a crazed driver, pile back on, then off again for exiting Peru then walking up the hill (Wayne helped push a cart of tomatoes up) to enter Bolivia, then on the bus again for the last 5 mins to Copacabana. ... 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