Blogs from La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 222

well its that time of the week again folks. i have to say that i´m just a tad bit behind in writing this blog, usually i´m never in the place where i´m writing about.(i´m writing this from Cuzco in Peru, i left La Paz about 2 weeks ago!!!). but sure here goes in the latest update in what has been happening in the travel world of al and ruth. April 9 - April 13 arrived in la paz the capital of bolivia after a rather comfortable bus journey from potosi. we were met by rather nice tourist police man who got us taxi and even advised us to be careful where we were staying cos the street was full of thieves. mmmm a good start i think not. any who tho hostal was alright. the toilet ... read more

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(petrea, check your email) Justin here. Well, today was an interesting mix of half-asleep traveling and sightseeing in La Paz. We woke up at 4:30 after about three hours of sleep, packed up our stuff, and took a taxi to the airport. I slept on and off most of the time, so I´m not altogether sure what happened, but we got there fine and on schedule. We got our tickets, went through security, and headed toward our gate - but when we got there, we learned that they had changed the gates for our plane, so we walked pretty much all the way back to where we started and then waited there for a few minutes. We boarded the plane okay, and everything was fine. The flight was about 5 hours, but we stopped twice along ... read more

Arrived in Copacabana yesterday, saw the Good Friday celebration. This small town is PACKED with pilgrims. Quite a site. Lake Titicaca is amazing, and the whole town is just very relaxing. Went on the Isla del Sol tour today, it was a 4 hour hike. Beautiful landscape, mountain dotted with little farms, herds of sheep and llamas, and the snow covered mountain top. The hike was quite brutal. Brian has not quite recovered from the diarrhea and the Death Road experience, so we basically rested every 15 minutes, which is great beucase it gave me some time to take pictures. Titi means Puma, and Caca means rock. So the it´s really The Lake of the Puma Rock. hehehe... The ferry ride to and from the island was quite relaxing, though it got quite cold in ... read more

For the sake of getting these photos onto the web, no detailed blog until I get time. Basically we traveled from Uyuni to La Paz, stayed there a few days, did the bike trip down the "Worlds most dangerous road". Then we went to Sorata for a relaxing week (except for the climb up to the 5038m Laguna Glacial). Then up to Lake Titicaca (about 3800m) and spent a few very nice days on Isla del Sol (island of the Sun). Now in Cuzco, about to try to get to Machu Picchu for tomorrow.... read more