Death Road

La Paz

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April 29th 2012
La Paz makes you quite grateful that in your country you have traffic lights. It's a frenetic strange place situated in a canyon, making walking anywhere a lot more tiring than it should be. We arrived after an overnight bus from Iquique via Oruro, a place memorable only for a rubbish restaurant and a TV in the bus terminal where we caught the Barça-Chelsea first leg. We decided to investigat ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

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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