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Cioa Peru

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June 29th 2011
Hi all, We travelled by bus from Puno to the border of Bolivia. Sixty percent of the Titicaca lake is on the peruvian side and forty per cent on the Bolivian side. We travelled on roads past the lake up over another Andes pass to the border town. Standing in a line again we passsed through immigration in Peru to walk across a bridge to do the same on the Bolivian side. It feels very third world h ... read more

South America » Bolivia

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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