| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Arica to La Paz Railway
|
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Spectacular scenery along the Arica to La Paz railway.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Arica to La Paz Railway
|
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Llamas and alpacas on the Altiplano which averages 3750m above sea level.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Arica to La Paz Railway
|
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Solitary figure on the Altiplano.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Arica to La Paz Railway
|
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A high altitude river valley.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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The Andean Valleys are sparsely inhabited and lie between 3000m and 4000m.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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Field boundaries.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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Hilly settlement.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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Multicoloured landscape.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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A small Andean village.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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Typical Andean houses in Bolivia.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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Dramatic landcsape.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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Dusty trail.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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Dramatic scenery.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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Eroded valleys.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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Llareta grows only at high altitude.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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The road zig zags through the landscape.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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Woman in scrubland.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
District : Andean Valleys
|
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Yellow landcsape.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
|
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Extreme weather on the Altiplano.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
|
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Dramatic shades of light and dark.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
|
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Scrubland under low cloud.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
|
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A distant rain storm at 4000m.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
|
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Dramatic weather system.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
|
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High altitude settlement.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
|
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Dusty transport.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
|
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The altiplano averages 4000m above sea level.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
Region : Altiplano
|
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Snow capped mountains and volcanos near La Paz.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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La Paz is set in a canyon that protects it from the worst climatic excesses of the Altiplano.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Road descending to the city from the 4000m plus Altiplano.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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The steepness of the canyon means the the altitude of the city varies between 3600m and 4000m.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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La Paz is the hilly capital of Bolivia.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Walking the hilly streets of la Paz is difficult because of the altitude.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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The downtown area.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Street scene in the commercial centre.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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The narrow streets of the old city.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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The population of La Paz is mainly Aymara.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Aymara woman with her typical bowler hat.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Shoeshine stall.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Clothes stall.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Woman selling drinks.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Child eating.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Woman with child.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Woman on hilly street.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Church of San Fransisco
|
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The Church of San Fransisco dates from 1549.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Church of San Fransisco
|
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The entrance to the church.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Church of San Fransisco
|
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People sitting on the church steps.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Hechiceria
|
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The Hechiceria (Witches Market).
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Hechiceria
|
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The Hechiceria sells items used in Aymara folk remedies.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Hechiceria
|
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Llama foetuses used in folk remedies.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Aymara woman in the street.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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The House of Murillo, an early Bolivian president.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Aymara woman.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Old couple.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Group of people in the city centre.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Tambo Quiruincho
|
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Tambo Quiruincho was originally an Inca inn then a mansion. It is now a cultural museum.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Tambo Quiruincho
|
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A mask used in the Diablda festival.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Tambo Quiruincho
|
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Diablda festival mask.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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The railway station.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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The colonial centre of La Paz has much Spanish influence.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Typical Bolivian church.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Military band.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Custumbrista Juan de Vargas is a colonial mansion.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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The rooftops of the mansion.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Wooden balconies.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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The mansion contains many artefacts from the Tiahuanaco Period.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Clay head from the Tiahuanaco period (600 to 1200).
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Tiahuanaco period gold disk.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Ekeku is the god of luck and plenty.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Aymara burial.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Painting depicting the arrival of the Spanish to the Americas.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Bird shaped container.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Plate from Tiahuanaco.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Pot with face.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Gold disk.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Custumbrista Juan de Vargas
|
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Gold pendant.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
District : Plaza Murillo
|
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The 1835 Cathedral overlooking Plaza Murillo.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
District : Plaza Murillo
|
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The Presidential Palace.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
District : Plaza Murillo
|
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Detail of the Presidential Palace.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
District : Plaza Murillo
|
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Presidential guard.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
District : Plaza Murillo
|
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Statue of Gualberto Villarroel who was lynched in the square in 1946.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
District : Plaza Murillo
|
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Buildings on Plaza Murillo, the political centre of the country.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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View of La Paz, the world's highest national capital.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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The Commercial centre.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Museums
|
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Animal shaped ceramic from the Tiahuanaco period (600 to 1200).
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Museums
|
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Yellow coloured leopard ceramic.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Museums
|
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Highly decorated pot.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Museums
|
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Basaltic figure.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Museums
|
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Mummy of a child with burial artefacts.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Museums
|
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Burial mummy.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Door of a colonial house dating from 1790.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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A Quechua woman. The Quechuas (descendants of the Incas) are a minority in Bolivia.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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Statue of Cristoforo Colombo (Christopher Columbus).
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Santo Domingo Church
|
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Many Saturday weddings occur at Santo Domingo Church.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Santo Domingo Church
|
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Wedding.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Santo Domingo Church
|
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Two Aymara women.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Santo Domingo Church
|
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People at a wedding.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Santo Domingo Church
|
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A group of Aymaras.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Santo Domingo Church
|
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Woman and baby.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
Site / Event : Santo Domingo Church
|
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Group outside the church.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : La Paz
|
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La Paz at night.
|
1994 |
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