Following our trip through the Salt flats and the Atacama desert, and both before and after our trip into the Amazon Basin, we based ourselves in the Bolivian capital of La Paz. La Paz is set on the edge of the altiplano (the really high bit in Bolivia, Peru, and northern Argentina) and is the highest (and I think hilliest) capital city in the world at 3,600m or 12,000 feet. You really can feel it when you are walking around the incredibly steep streets or even just trying to digest a big meal… We made one big mistake when we moved to La Paz, being that we took a recommendation for the hostel we stayed in from a website that is predominantly commented on by 12 year olds, or more accurately 18 and 19 year olds
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