Country of the day - Bolivia

Bolivia is not, as i previously thought, in Europe (or anywhere near it for that matter), but is part of South America.

That would probably explain why they have llamas in Bolivia...

and lush rainforests....


and volcanic-looking mountains and lakes...


They speak Spanish in Bolivia, as well as Aymara and Quecha (???). Nope, not a language called Bolivian. The currency in Bolivia is the Boliviano and 2.36 Bolivianos is equivalent to 1 Malaysian Ringgit [as of 13th January 2007 according to OANDA currency converter]. The administrative capital is La Paz and the legislative capital is Sucre (like the guy in Prison Break!) i think Sucre also means something sexy in some language cos typing sucre in google images comes up with random pictures and the city itself only at around number 11. Sucre does look like a nice kind of place though.

cobble-stoned street unshamedly ripped off from here

Dude leaning over pretty view ripped off from here

Beautiful beach picture ripped off from here

There is also a city called Cochabamba with inhabitants called Cochabambinos.
I know this because Cochabamba is in the news. For having violence break out as there's dissent from the upper classes (and state governers), particularly aimed towards President Eva Morales; in office for just about a year. When a righteous president comes into power and tries to redistribute wealth, trouble is abound.


I hope it wasn't just me who thought Bolivia was somewhere in Eastern or Central Europe. *blush* And here I am hoping to become a tour guide. What atrocious geography!

p.s: if you also didn't know about Bolivia, please leave a comment so I don't feel so dum dum.

pps: Everything here I learned off google and wikipedia so please don't expect 100% accurate facts!