Blogs from La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 15

Von Copacabana bzw. Isla del Sol ging meine Reiseroute ueber la Paz nach Uyuni zur Salar de Uyuni, wo ich eine dreitaegige Rundreise gemacht habe. Gleich danach bin ich wieder nach La Paz gefahren, wo ich nach 15 langen Stunden heute Vormittag angekommen bin. Inzwischen kenne ich schon einige Leute, die ich immer wieder treffe... im Bus/auf der Strasse/ in der Herberge. Alle haben meist mehr oder weniger die selbe Route und auf der Hin- oder Rueckreise stolpert man sich immer ueber den Weg. Waehrend der Salar de Uyuni Reise habe ich beschlossen meine Reiseroute zu aendern. Statt den Dschungel in Peru, Pucallpa, zu besuchen, werde ich laenger in Bolivien bleiben und hier nach Rurrenabaque fahren, wo laut Reisebuch ein guter Ausgangspunkt fuer Dschungeltrips ist. Heute habe ich auch gleich einen Flug dorthin gebucht, da ich ... read more

Left the hotel just after 7am and went down to the bus terminal. We had to go the long way to La Paz as they were apparently holding a strike. It was quite a pretty drive. Drove around the Lake for a lot of it. Stopped at the boarder and had to go into 2 different officers to get things stamped. Then walked up the hill about 300 metres into Bolivia and then into their immigration department, another stamp and the a 20 minute ride into Copocabana. We thought that they had copied RIo but apparently the beach in Rio is named after this town. We had lunch and then got onto a Bolivian bus for the rest of the trip to La Paz. There were lots of people in paddocks stomping on potatos. Apparently they ... read more

Highlight video of Argentina and Bolivia. Follow this link to Vimeo or the embed below: https://vimeo.com/69363240 Argentina & Bolivia from Charles Green on Vimeo. ... read more

La Paz is one of Bolivia´s capitals (Sucre is the other), and it takes a bit of getting used to. Firstly it is 3660m above sea level, and we did it in one day from Arica (sea level) in 10 hours by bus. Just walking up 5 stairs takes your breath away and as La Paz is in a valley you always have to go uphill at some point, the pollution doesn´t help either. Secondly I did a lot of research before we arrived here as we weren´t planning on visiting Bolivia when we set out on this adventure, I didn´t want us to be unprepared. That, however, meant reading lots of stories about tourists getting kidnapped by fake police and being robbed! So, I spent the first 2 days completely on edge with excess adrenaline ... read more

May 30 - Day 2 in La Paz After a first day in which we went somewhat overbudget due to our foolish decision to eat meals in tourist trap restaurants, we committed to a lower budget for the day today. That was assisted by the fact that we finally learned what the fireworks were about! It is a national holiday in Bolivia and basically the entire town was shut down. Stubbornly, Jess and I marched from district to district in the city in an attempt to find the most gringo of the gringo bars/restaurants to potentially meet people or wile away the time. After over five hours of walking through the streets - running into street jugglers, a Bolivian Burger King, and what looked like an "Occupy La Paz" movement on their main street, we settled ... read more