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Tag: Bolivia

  • Destination: Bolivia

    Official Name: Plurinational State of Bolivia Established: 6 August 1825 (Declared Independence from Spain) Population: 11,428,245 (2019 estimate) Religion: 70% Catholic, 17.2% Protestant, 9.3% No religion Language(s): Spanish Capital: Sucre (constitutional and judicial), La Paz (executive and legislative) Order of Visit: Thirty-Fourth First Visit: 18 December 2009 Last Visit: 30 December 2009 Duration: 13 Days…

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 34 – La Paz to Copacabana to Puno, Peru

    Wednesday 30 December 2009 Highlights: Cute baby llamas Getting up at 6.45 am we packed our bags and went down to breakfast. Andrew tried salt pancakes (by accident) but I thought it was funny. We caught a bus to San Pedro de Tiquina which was right on the edge of Lake Titicaca from there we…

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 33 – La Paz, Bolivia

    Tuesday 29 December 2009 Highlights: Witches Market, San Francisco Church, La Paz Cathedral, Presidential Palace, Moon valley Today sees us start the 3rd and last leg of the South American tour so later tonight we will met our new tour leader and two new tour members. Renato, Monica, Lance and Martin left today.

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 32 – La Paz, Bolivia

    Monday 28 December 2009 Highlights: Adventures on an overnight bus, Andrew failing the vindaloo challenge The overnight bus trip ended up taking 14.5 hours instead of the scheduled 12 due to the bus getting stuck in 2 different mud slides, an experience to be sure especially with my seat broken. This meant we got into…

  • World Trip 2009-2010: Day 31 – Uyuni Desert to La Paz, Bolivia

    Sunday 27 December 2009 Highlights: Geysers, thermal baths, Laguna Colorada (red lagoon), Laguna Verde (blue/green lake) Today we got up at 4.15 am, I was so asleep I managed to scalp myself going to the toilet, Bolivians are not very tall and a lot of the infrastructure reflects this with low ceilings and door frames,…