The Valley of the Moon and New Year in La Paz
January 1st 2015 When Neil Armstrong visited La Paz in 1966, as part of an eleven country goodwill tour of South America, together with other famous US astronauts, armed troops lined the route from the airport to the city centre. They take security very seriously in Bolivia! As part of his trip he visited the Valley of the Moon, just 10 km south of the city and is said to have named it thus, because it looked like
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