overlooking the city of lapaz

lapaz & the road of death

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May 10th 2011
Lapaz, an interesting city, a city full of big red brick buildings, thousands of taxis who seem like all they want to do is run you over, hundreds of tourist stores selling everything llama and alpaca you could imagine, a million pharmacys selling anything and everything you could imagine including penicilin and viagra; take your pick! hundreds of tour companies, some great hostels; namely the Wil ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Coroico

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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