Santa Cruz, in the eastern lowlands of Bolivia, is 1 hour from La Paz by plane and 23 hours by bus.  We took the plane.  There are tall white Mennonites strolling around the city, the men all dressed alike in overalls and straw hats, the women in the same coloured conservative dresses.

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Near Samaipata, 120 kilometres away, is the mystical carved mountain top used by the Pre Incas 3000 years ago, and later the Incas, as a temple to the sun and moon.  Samaipata is a nice little place so it is no surprise that many foreigners live there.  In the nearby jungle are many lovely walks.  Just out of town is the animal refuge El Refugio where sick and injured animals are cared for by volunteers.

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Not far away in La Higuera, the Bolivian army captured and killed Che Guevara.

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