{"id":701,"date":"2025-02-21T03:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/?p=701"},"modified":"2025-02-21T03:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:23:35","slug":"cohabamba-santacruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/en\/2025\/02\/21\/cohabamba-santacruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Cochabamba to Santa Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m heading from Cochabamba, Bolivia to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the largest city in Bolivia when considered as a single city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s long, so I&#8217;ll just shorten it to Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s about 470km from red to yellow on the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fc99f46dd60&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fc99f46dd60\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" 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