Copacabana

At the Copa (but not the one you can swim at...)

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February 11th 2007
...unless you are a Bolivian child or my friend Karl from California, who insists it "wasn't that bad." Copacabana is a resort town on a peninsula on the southwestern side of Lake Titicaca, just across the border from Perú. My first South American border crossing was uneventful, despite persistent rumors floating amongst the traveller population that a new Bolivian policy requires that America ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana

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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