Sucre

A slight detour to the land of the T-Rex

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February 10th 2007
Sometimes when you travel for an extended period of time, things end up happening which you just didn´t expect. Sometimes it´s great, and sometimes it´s diabolical. Luckily for us, our excursion to Sucre was not the latter. We had been intending on going straight from La Paz, which we returned to after biking the DANGEROUS ROAD, to Potosi, in the south of Bolivia. However, when we went to t ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Chuquisaca Department » Sucre

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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