Views from the top of the big hill

Copacabana

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October 5th 2011
We had to wake up at some ridiculous hour in order to get our transfer from La Paz to Copacabana, our final destination in Bolivia. We got picked up in a little minivan along with two other Irish girls from our hostel and were taken about 5 minutes around the corner where a larger minivan was waiting for us, complete with French Canadian tourist group inside! Along the 3 hour drive to Copacabana t ... 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