Blogs from La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 128

Wow! What an amazing city tucked in the valley between snowcapped mountains! I landed in La Paz Sunday afternoon, a little worried how the 3600 odd meter altitude would affect me, especially after my night out in Santiago trying the specialty, Pisco Sour (The airport bus came to pick me up at 4am, so there was no use in sleeping... I did that on my baggage trolley at the airport waiting for customs!!)... I did, by the way, manage a pretty decent tourist whirl around Santiago on Saturday - made it up to Cerro San Cristobal for a view over la Paz (with a Maria statue similar to the Christ in Rio), munched on some seafood in the Central Market, and visited a couple of interesting museums... Back to La Paz. Galia´s parents met us (I ... read more

Hola boys and girls, I´m back in La Paz, I guess I´m just a glutton for high-altitutde punishment. Altitude sickness really is the pits, especially after 3 weeks, when it normally should disappear in as many days... anyway, I soldier on to new lands and new scenes. This weekend was my Lake Titicaca long weekend, and it was one of the best side trips I have ever taken in my life! Here´s how it all came about.. JUEVES (THURSDAY) - left my hostal with a reservation for Sunday night, getting on the bus at the La Paz cemetery to Copacabana (p.s. it´s not the hottest spot north of Havana, they were definitely talking about somewhere else in that song). Checked out the local church, didn´t get to see the local virgin statue (apparently pretty famous). She ... read more

Alors voila, je suis deja plus a la Paz mais a Cuzco au Perou avant d'entamer la visite du Machu Picchu mais comme j'ai du retard dans mon histoire, je vais resumer depuis mon arriver a la Paz. Donc je suis arriver le soir vers les 23h dans une bonne auberge de jeunesse apres un bon trajet en avion avec escale a Santa Cruz (ils auraient quand meme pu m'avertir pour l'escale...). Le lendemain apres m'etre fait bouffer les jambes par un moustique (ou des puces) je pars a la decouverte de la ville. C'est vraiment une ville bizarre avec ses rues paves, ses marches et ses vendeurs de rues. C'est vraiment depaysant et j'ai adore. Mais je dois avouer que c'est pas pour autant que je serais rester une semaine sur place. Pour info, la ... read more

highest capital city in the world. As comes up in pub quizzes every now and then. Here are some photos.... read more

Life in La Paz is definitely La Vida Loca, the pace is crazy most of the time - traffic and people every where, protests and fiestas at every turn, street vendors seeling everything imaginable and the persistent smell of the open sewer - nice. At first, I´ll admit, I hated La Paz, it was so dirty and smelly and full-on. I intended to only stay two or three days at the most before heading over to Peru, but somehow I´ve managed to stay here nearly two weeks today, and I´m planning to stay another week or two - making a month in La Paz! I would never have guessed at the start of my trip that I would spend more time in Bolivia than any other country. My days have been spend in the following ways: ... read more