Blogs from La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 130

February is water balloon month in South America. During the month of carnaval, kids throw water at each other. I am taking refuge in an internet cafe because, just outside hundreds of youngsters are at war in the town plaza. NO WORRIES.... I was able to purchase a counterfeit adidas jumpsuit. Last night I went to a concert entitled ¨Grunge is not dead.¨ It´s true, grunge is not dead, because we thought it died with Kurt Cobain. But I saw Kurt Cobain perform last night at Club Epitaph in La Paz, Bolivia. Sure he sung the lyrics to his own songs with a confused Bolivian accent, and sure he didn´t have the licks down straight, but he´s just practicing for the Nirvana comeback tour (COACHELLA 2007!) Unfortunately Dave Grohl didn´t show up last night. ... read more

Hola once again. A little bit more frequent with some updates but im just getting to lazy to write these things. Anyway - Bolivia Its really cheap! Great! Apart from being cheap its also full of argies with their bad trousers. Sorry Chris forgot the photo but will get one on here soon. The first stop was Copacabana not the beach in brazil but the hippy place on Lake Titikaka. The place is all about peace, love and boats, with a bit less peace and love and lots of boats. Unfortunately I decided to take another boat trip to some Island in Lake Titikaka. Another 5 hour round trip with some great views of water! but made a great choice to dash to La Paz. Running off the boat I grabbed my stuff, jumped in a ... read more

We checked out of the hotel in Puno, and drove 2 hours to the Peru / Bolivia border. My first border crossing, got our passports checked and stamped, and walked across the bridge from Peru to Bolivia. Another hour or so drive, and another excursion, this time to Bolivias' most ancient ruin, the site of Tiwanaku. The Tiwanaku's date back earlier than the Incans, and there were some interesting monuments on display. We had lunch, then drove through another huge storm, and made our way to La Paz, capital of Bolivia, and the highest Capital City in the world. Again you feel its harder to breath, nearly 4,000 meters. The city as we approached, looked typically 3rd world as most sights I have seen so far. But then as we got in to the City, there ... read more

Well by now I am sure most of you have read Jason´s last update on our dance with death. While I would like to say that he was exagerating, he wasn´t. In fact he may have even been underestimating the risks on that road. For some reason the vehicles going down hill get the worst of it: they are always on the outside, and if vehicles can´t get past each other, the driver going downhill has to go in reverse. I felt bad for the drivers of the dump trucks that were coming down when we were going up. I don´t know how they stayed on the road. Hell, when we were going down we almost backed ourselves right off the cliff.... After going through waterfalls and rivers we came around a corner to be face ... read more

Back in Puno, we bumped into a few fellow backpackers we had met en route and decided to celebrate the occasion with a slap up meal and some pisco sours (local drink). 'Slap up' in Peruvian terms means a 'hefty' food bill of 35 Soles each! this equates to six pounds back home!! It was nice to see familiar faces again. So it was a 'muy triste adios' to Peru, the land of the Incas after our six week stint. We loved the country and what it had to offer; the hospitable people, the ma-husive and very impressive Andes, the never-ending deserts, the ancient ruins and sacred valleys, the pre-Inca sites, and not forgeting of course our time with Bruce Peru. But once again it was time to groove on. South America is a huge continent ... read more