South America (Part 4) - Bolivia
July 18th 2010 La Paz
So on June 28th we flew from Santiago to La Paz, very early, leaving the hostel at 4am. El Alto airport is situated at over 4000m, but La Paz city itself is down in the valley so you immediately go down some 500m to reach it, seeing great views of the city on the way. We knew the altitude was going to affect us (La Paz is the highest capital in the world) so we headed some advice
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