Aeropuerto la Paz

Yep thats it. Not much going on, but it was nice enough for our several hour delayed flight to the jungle. La Paz has nothing in Homers airport, except the runway lenght - almost 5KM here b/c of the altitude. Planes need 2x as much to take off and land at about a speed twice as fast as normal. Thin air up here.

La Paz - Hanging on the canyon´s edge

February 13th 2008
Welcome to the funnel, La Paz Bolivia It´s sort of like a funnel. A vast suburbia on the flat antiplano and La Paz plunges down a canyon. They say if you get lost, just walk down hill and you´ll eventually run into the main road through town. But first you have to get here.... After Isla Del Sol, we tried to hook up with the same bus company that facilitated the smooth border crossing route ... read more

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more

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