Blogs from La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 10

Arrivée dimanche dans la nuit à La Paz, j'avais réservé une chambre dans une maison pour une semaine, le temps de me trouver un endroit définitif et moins cher. Impossible de joindre David, qui me loue la chambre le premier soir, je me résous à chercher un hôtel près du terminal. Le lendemain, je peux enfin poser mes affaires, et je pars ensuite vers mon futur lieu de travail, les bureaux de Pro Agro, le programme agricole bolivien du GIZ (l'Institut Allemand de Développement). Là, je rencontre mon maître de stage en vrai, on discute de ma mission qui va consister principalement à coordonner les actions des différentes coopérations étrangères dans le secteur agricole en Bolivie. Bref, il va falloir organiser des sortes de colloques, réunir tout le monde autour d'une table pour discuter, définir les ... read more

Hi Bloggers, We woke up with hangovers made worse by the lack of oxygen in the air anyway. We made it to the free breakfast but then went back to bed all morning. Oh well, La Paz was purely for a few rest days. We went to this cheap but delicious organic sandwich place for lunch then went back to our hostel. We had our washing done (5kg/£5), a bit expensive but we had pretty much run out of clean clothes since doing the Inca trail. In the afternoon I had a catch up with Parsons on viber J I haven’t spoken to any of the girls in months, so it was good to chat!! We had a very lazy afternoon! We only ventured out to that English pub in the evening to have exactly the ... read more

Hey, We went for our free breakfast about 8.45am, then went back to bed for the rest of the morning. We booked to stay here longer because we were in long need of a rest with some lie-ins. This hotel is not the best- cold showers, gaps in the window so the room was freezing all day and night, the beds dipped massively so we were on top of each other most of the night and the door takes all Neil’s strength to hold the door up and in to move the lock across, so I have to ask him every time to let me out. We finished the left over pizza for lunch and then headed out for a short walk in the afternoon. We walked around the Witches Market, (if you blink you will ... read more

Hello People, We woke up at 6am in the hostel in Puno. Our taxi arrived at 6.15am, which we had pre-booked the night before. We got dropped off at the bus terminal where we had a coach to La Paz (direct across the boarder to Bolivia). The journey was suppose to take 7 hours but was closer to 10 in total! It was about 2 hours to the boarder of Bolivia, which was a very scenic journey around Lake Titicaca. The boarder was very small, and was so easy compared to memories of the hectic Thai-Cambodia boarder. After we had our passports stamped on both sides, the journey continued for another hour to Copacabana. We were told to get off the bus for 1h30 as we had to change buses, have lunch and explore the town. ... read more

Après un voyage très chaotique depuis Uyuni, je retrouve Martin tôt le matin à La Paz. En début d'après-midi, on part pour Tiwanaku, où se trouvent les ruines d'un ancien village inca pour fêter le nouvel an Aymara (comme les Quechuas, mais de la région de la Paz). A 18h, l'heure est déjà à la fête dans le village, où les boliviens en tenue traditionnelle dansent sur du Queen, Kiss, Pink Floyd... Spectacle plutôt étrange donc. L'ambiance devient vite plus "cumbia", et là aussi, c'est vraiment surprenant de voir les mamas boliviennes danser complètement ivres, bières à la main, déchainées, et certaines d'une vulgarité insoupçonnable au premier abord. On boit, on danse, et même si on avait prévu de rester debout jusqu'au matin, on finit par se mettre en quête d'un endroit pour dormir. Tout est ... read more