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Salt, Snakes and Hammocks

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November 15th 2006
Did I say in the last posting that "we now have our travel boots on" ??? ahh, how naive of me..... It should have read "we have our travel slippers on". Travelling through Argentina and Chile was a long holiday compared to Bolivia. We crossed the border into Bolivia at dawn after an overnight bus trip from Salta in North Argentina. After walking across the border and being grudgingly ... 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