Country |
Province State |
Region |
City Town |
District |
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Description |
Year Taken |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Arica to La Paz Railway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10808.jpg) |
Spectacular scenery along the Arica to La Paz railway. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Arica to La Paz Railway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel00697.jpg) |
Llamas and alpacas on the Altiplano which averages 3750m above sea level. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Arica to La Paz Railway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10809.jpg) |
Solitary figure on the Altiplano. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Arica to La Paz Railway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26984.jpg) |
A high altitude river valley. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10874.jpg) |
The Andean Valleys are sparsely inhabited and lie between 3000m and 4000m. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10875.jpg) |
Field boundaries. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10876.jpg) |
Hilly settlement. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10877.jpg) |
Multicoloured landscape. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10878.jpg) |
A small Andean village. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10879.jpg) |
Typical Andean houses in Bolivia. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59757.jpg) |
Dramatic landcsape. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59758.jpg) |
Dusty trail. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59759.jpg) |
Dramatic scenery. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
|
Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59760.jpg) |
Eroded valleys. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59761.jpg) |
Llareta grows only at high altitude. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59762.jpg) |
The road zig zags through the landscape. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59763.jpg) |
Woman in scrubland. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
|
Altiplano |
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Andean Valleys |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59764.jpg) |
Yellow landcsape. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
|
Altiplano |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10810.jpg) |
Extreme weather on the Altiplano. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
|
Altiplano |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10811.jpg) |
Dramatic shades of light and dark. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
|
Altiplano |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59765.jpg) |
Scrubland under low cloud. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
|
Altiplano |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10812.jpg) |
A distant rain storm at 4000m. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
|
Altiplano |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59766.jpg) |
Dramatic weather system. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59767.jpg) |
High altitude settlement. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10813.jpg) |
Dusty transport. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel59768.jpg) |
The altiplano averages 4000m above sea level. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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Altiplano |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10814.jpg) |
Snow capped mountains and volcanos near La Paz. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10816.jpg) |
La Paz is set in a canyon that protects it from the worst climatic excesses of the Altiplano. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10815.jpg) |
Road descending to the city from the 4000m plus Altiplano. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10818.jpg) |
The steepness of the canyon means the the altitude of the city varies between 3600m and 4000m. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10817.jpg) |
La Paz is the hilly capital of Bolivia. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26985.jpg) |
Walking the hilly streets of la Paz is difficult because of the altitude. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10819.jpg) |
The downtown area. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Street scene in the commercial centre. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10821.jpg) |
The narrow streets of the old city. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10822.jpg) |
The population of La Paz is mainly Aymara. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10823.jpg) |
Aymara woman with her typical bowler hat. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26986.jpg) |
Shoeshine stall. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10824.jpg) |
Clothes stall. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26987.jpg) |
Woman selling drinks. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10825.jpg) |
Child eating. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26988.jpg) |
Woman with child. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26989.jpg) |
Woman on hilly street. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Church of San Fransisco |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26990.jpg) |
The Church of San Fransisco dates from 1549. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Church of San Fransisco |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10826.jpg) |
The entrance to the church. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Church of San Fransisco |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26991.jpg) |
People sitting on the church steps. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Hechiceria |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26992.jpg) |
The Hechiceria (Witches Market). |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Hechiceria |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10827.jpg) |
The Hechiceria sells items used in Aymara folk remedies. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Hechiceria |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel00112.jpg) |
Llama foetuses used in folk remedies. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26993.jpg) |
Aymara woman in the street. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10828.jpg) |
The House of Murillo, an early Bolivian president. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel00255.jpg) |
Aymara woman. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10829.jpg) |
Old couple. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10830.jpg) |
Group of people in the city centre. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Tambo Quiruincho |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10831.jpg) |
Tambo Quiruincho was originally an Inca inn then a mansion. It is now a cultural museum. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Tambo Quiruincho |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10832.jpg) |
A mask used in the Diablda festival. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Tambo Quiruincho |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26994.jpg) |
Diablda festival mask. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10833.jpg) |
The railway station. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10834.jpg) |
The colonial centre of La Paz has much Spanish influence. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10835.jpg) |
Typical Bolivian church. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Military band. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10837.jpg) |
Custumbrista Juan de Vargas is a colonial mansion. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10838.jpg) |
The rooftops of the mansion. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10839.jpg) |
Wooden balconies. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26996.jpg) |
The mansion contains many artefacts from the Tiahuanaco Period. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10841.jpg) |
Clay head from the Tiahuanaco period (600 to 1200). |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10842.jpg) |
Tiahuanaco period gold disk. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10840.jpg) |
Ekeku is the god of luck and plenty. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10843.jpg) |
Aymara burial. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10844.jpg) |
Painting depicting the arrival of the Spanish to the Americas. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26997.jpg) |
Bird shaped container. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26995.jpg) |
Plate from Tiahuanaco. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26998.jpg) |
Pot with face. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel26999.jpg) |
Gold disk. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27000.jpg) |
Gold pendant. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
Plaza Murillo |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10846.jpg) |
The 1835 Cathedral overlooking Plaza Murillo. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
Plaza Murillo |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel00890.jpg) |
The Presidential Palace. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
Plaza Murillo |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10847.jpg) |
Detail of the Presidential Palace. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
Plaza Murillo |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27001.jpg) |
Presidential guard. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
Plaza Murillo |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27002.jpg) |
Statue of Gualberto Villarroel who was lynched in the square in 1946. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
Plaza Murillo |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10848.jpg) |
Buildings on Plaza Murillo, the political centre of the country. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel00875.jpg) |
View of La Paz, the world's highest national capital. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27003.jpg) |
The Commercial centre. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Museums |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10845.jpg) |
Animal shaped ceramic from the Tiahuanaco period (600 to 1200). |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Museums |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27004.jpg) |
Yellow coloured leopard ceramic. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Museums |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27005.jpg) |
Highly decorated pot. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Museums |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27006.jpg) |
Basaltic figure. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Museums |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27007.jpg) |
Mummy of a child with burial artefacts. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Museums |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27008.jpg) |
Burial mummy. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10850.jpg) |
Door of a colonial house dating from 1790. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10851.jpg) |
A Quechua woman. The Quechuas (descendants of the Incas) are a minority in Bolivia. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10852.jpg) |
Statue of Cristoforo Colombo (Christopher Columbus). |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Santo Domingo Church |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27009.jpg) |
Many Saturday weddings occur at Santo Domingo Church. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Santo Domingo Church |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27010.jpg) |
Wedding. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Santo Domingo Church |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27011.jpg) |
Two Aymara women. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Santo Domingo Church |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel10849.jpg) |
People at a wedding. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Santo Domingo Church |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27012.jpg) |
A group of Aymaras. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Santo Domingo Church |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27013.jpg) |
Woman and baby. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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Santo Domingo Church |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27014.jpg) |
Group outside the church. |
1994 |
Bolivia |
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La Paz |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel27015.jpg) |
La Paz at night. |
1994 |