A busy market street in La Paz

La Paz

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May 15th 2011
From Uyuni in Bolivia I took an overnight bus to La Paz - the capital city. The first half of the journey was extremely bumpy due to the bad condition of the road - despite travelling on the best bus I could find. La Paz is the highest capital city in the world at nearly 4000m and is set in a great location surrounded by big snow-capped mountains. My first impression of the city was that it seemed ... read more

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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