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an unforgettable experience in san pedro prison (sabado, 9 octubre)

This morning I met up with Julio and he introduced me to his friend, Carmelo, who had done 8 months in San Pedro for drugs. We walked to San Pedro Prison. It´s one of the weirdest, atypical prisons in the world, and I wasn´t going to pass it up. I had to wait for a little bit in the plaza...

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Sara Florecita on October 9, 2010 from La Paz, Bolivia

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

en la paz no hay paz (domingo, 10 octubre)

Unfortunately, it was raining when I woke up, so I found a cafe where I got a soy latte and wrote in my notebook for a while. When the rain stopped, I found out information about Tiwanaku, but it turns out the bus for it left at 8am, and by this time it was past then. Plus, it was a kind of...

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Sara Florecita on October 9, 2010 from La Paz, Bolivia

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

coca leaves and reggae bars (viernes, 8 octubre)

I took the overnight bus to La Paz on Thursday, and arrived Friday around noon. I walked from the bus terminal to the centro, where I found a hostel called Hostal Cactus (it only cost me $3 per night!!). It was pretty cool and had cacti and other succulents everywhere! I found a vegetarian...

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Sara Florecita on October 8, 2010 from La Paz, Bolivia

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

MY VOVSI BLOG

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vovsi on May 3, 2010 from Boston, Bolivia

from the travel blog: MY VOVSI BLOG

Playas a orillas del lago Titicaca

Regresamos de Rurrenabaque a La Paz (por la misma carretera) para hacer un intercambio de autobuses y viajar hacia Copacabana, no la playa de Río de Janeiro, sino un pequeño Pueblo a orillas del lago Titicaca. Desde allí salen a diario los barcos a la Isla del Sol, nuestro destino final. ...

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Paso a Paso on April 18, 2010 from Isla del Sol, Bolivia

from the travel blog: PASO A PASO

We`re on a boat, we`re on a boat.

La Paz is a crazy, colourful city which is cramped, crowded and spread all over very steep roads. It also smells really`interesting`, and not in a good way. Our stay in La Paz set the scene for further upset bowels amongst the group as we again took it in turns having disabling bouts of...

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JodesAndTay on April 17, 2010 from La Paz, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Jodes and Tay escape to SA

Hell on Earth

It`s really hard to breathe in Potosi, the highest city in the world. Standing tall at 4100m, Potosi is famous not just for its ability to get you struggling for breath just from taking a shower, but also for its silver mines which most of the male population of the town work in. After hearing...

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JodesAndTay on April 15, 2010 from Potosi, Bolivia

from the travel blog: Jodes and Tay escape to SA

En la Pampa Boliviana

18 horas de autobús para 450km, por una carretera que casi daba más miedo que la de la muerte. Dani me decía, “no te asomes por esta ventana que la rueda del bus no toca suelo…” Ese fue nuestro viaje de Coroico a Rurrenabaque, donde llegamos a las 6 de la mañana. En esos 450km dejamos el...

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Paso a Paso on April 12, 2010 from Rurrenabaque, Bolivia

from the travel blog: PASO A PASO

La Carretera de la Muerte

Lo hicimos! Hicimos el turista muchísimo, pero teníamos que hacerlo! Descendimos en bicicleta de 4.600m.s.n.m hasta los 900m.s.n.m durante 65km por “la Carretera de la Muerte”, la que en su día fue la más peligrosa del mundo. Decimos fue, ya que la cerraron a la mayoría del tránsito cuando...

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Paso a Paso on April 11, 2010 from Coroico, Bolivia

from the travel blog: PASO A PASO

Quien dijo (La) Paz?

El que le puso el nombre a la ciudad aquel día se levantó con el pie izquierdo… La Paz es un lugar donde no reina la paz, donde el caos del tránsito de mini buses, autobuses, taxis, gentes, de vendedores en las calles que ocupan cada centímetro de las aceras, no para las 24 horas del día… Eso...

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Paso a Paso on April 7, 2010 from La Paz, Bolivia

from the travel blog: PASO A PASO

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