Bolivia
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Friday, 19 Feb 1999 | Views [4324] | Comments [3]
The browns, oranges and reds of la Paz are swiftly replaced by lush greens as the road to the Amazon drops off the side of the Andes, descending over 3km in about two hours.
Squeezed between sheer walls of rock, dripping with moss and fern, and ... Read more >
Tags: misadventures, danger, death, insane, amazon, la paz, truck, bus, rainforest, altitude
Saturday, 16 Jan 1999 | Views [920]
The thin atmosphere and strong shadows sharpen the pink, blue, red, orange and green that paint Cerro Rico as it towers over Potosi. Silver, zinc, lead and tin, plus 21,000 men still toiling to extract it.
Crates of dynamite mix with sacks of cocoa ... Read more >
Tags: philosophy of travel, freedom, colonialism, poverty, history
Thursday, 7 Jan 1999 | Views [444]
Spewing clouds of black diesel into the thin crisp air, the orange train lumbered and creaked through cloud-fringed mountains. We rolled past fluffy Alpacas looking so cute and innocent before they are shorn, tended by wild sunburnt mountain people ... Read more >
Tags: people, children, la paz, altitude, football, soccer
