Blogs from La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 3

The combination of a cold and altitude mean I didn’t sleep well and have a pounding headache. When we arrived in La Paz, some of my toiletries had leaked, the rest had inflated to almost bursting point. That’s pretty much how my head feels. After breakfast, the old man sets off to explore the city and I take some painkillers and return to bed to regroup. By midday I’m ready, the old man is recalled from his cable car extravaganza and we head for old La Paz. The secret is to do everything slowly, which incidentally I’m rather good at. We start at the 18th century Church of San Francisco, where we take a guided tour which includes the cloisters, the church, then up a tiny, dark staircase onto the roof. Just as I poke my ... read more

Up earlier than expected this morning considering there was no deadline for a change. However Daisy went to shower first and it took about 15 minutes for the water to get warm enough and not the most volume of water either. A bit disappointing for such a nice looking hotel. Finally we got ourselves down for breakfast around 8:45 and after that I asked at the desk if they had any suggestions for just one day in La Paz and he offered a taxi to drive us around to the main spots including the Valle de la Lunar (Valley of the Moon) which is 13kms out of the city centre for 800BOB (Bolivian Bolivianos) which is $AU80. It would be much cheaper to go to each spot by taxi but this was so much more convenient ... read more

There's something not right about going from the tranquil and scenic Lake Titicaca to a busy, smelly and big city of La Paz. It feels that it should have been the other way around! Nonetheless, we didn't want to stick around La Paz for more than two nights, for us, large cities aren't our favourite as there are better things to see and do outside of them. We stayed at a hostel (the adventure brew hostel) which was a good place to meet people and with events happening most nights. We found ourselves having a bit of a go at karaoke on the fist night (somehow the footage is missing!) and played a lot of pool and table tennis. It also had a great BBQ ip on the rooftop on our final night there. One thing ... read more

GÜN 21 22 ŞUBAT PERŞEMBE: Sabah ,kahvaltıdan sonra, alt yoldan bir minibüse binip Perez’de indim. Perez, benim çok yakın gençlik arkadaşım ve aynı zamanda ,La Paz’ın merkez semtine verilen isim.. Kapıdaki görevli, ismi bir yere yazmamı sıkı sıkı tembihledi ….halbuki bu merkezi unutmam mümkün değil.. Buraya meydan demek zor ..”Meydandan bozma” diyebiliriz.. Meydan olduğunu tescilleyen tek unsur,San Fransisco Kilisesi. Latin Amerika’da şunu anlıyoruz ki, San Fransisko’nun yer almadığı hiçbir yer, meydan sayılmıyor.. Bu doğa ve hayvan dostu kardeşimizin, özellikle Latin Amerika’da fanları çok.. Kendileri aslında Assisi’li olup, yakışıklılığı ve cömertliği dışında, fakir fukara ve garibanlara sahip çıkması ile ünlenmiştir.. Bu zengin çocuğunun ailesi çok şikayetçi ....ne okul, ne de iş başarısı var..... read more

Made it to La Paz a couple of days ago after 17 or so hours of flying and two layover (1st in Fort Lauderdale, 2nd in Lima, Peru). It was colder than expected (33F at night) and the altitude is still bothering me. Getting from the airport to my hostel was an adventure itself. La Paz's terrain is not ideal for walking. I can see why the country invested in cable cars. These cable cars are amazing! Mi Telerifico, is what the locals referred to the cable car as. You can pretty much get to anywhere within the city. I was very timid stepping onto the cable car. Every intersection of the cable car cause a slight drop that sent my stomach up to my neck. After a couple of hours, I finally made it to ... read more