Blogs from La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 9

A mildly eventful bus journey had taken us from Uyuni to Tupiza, one where our driver simply abandoned the bus in the middle of some back-country mining village, only to re-board our vehicle an hour later perhaps with a little more ‘confidence’ before almost driving us off the side of a cliff. Of course I say ‘mildly’ more so because of all the truly horrific stories you hear about Bolivian roads, a country which proudly boasts ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Road,’ otherwise known as ‘El Camino de la Muerte,’ a road where even the most moderate (or morbid) of estimates puts the death toll at over 1,000! I suppose, thankfully, that our own experience could only be slotted into the placid category on the spectrum. And so, after a mild ride, we had little enthusiasm for ... read more

La Paz was a real mixed bag for us. Being one of the highest capital cities in the world it brings lots of surprises. We arrived in darkness to see the never ending sight of beauty with lights filling all the mountains and valleys. It truly was spectacular and one of the coolest sights on entering a city I have seen. Here the hills are even more prominent than elsewhere in Bolivia and they also bring a story to the way of life. If you are poorer here then you live atop these mountains and to take party in city life then you must clamber down from the highest points of the city to doing your trading. You can clamber down and up by foot which would be extremely difficult or squeeze into the many minivans ... read more

We were definitely right in trusting in the lady at our hostel in Puno when she gave us advice on which bus company to take across the border. The only complaint we had was the misspelling of Nate’s last night, somehow ‘Hunt’ turned into ‘Kunt’…at least we got a good laugh. It really couldn’t have been easier for us getting out of Peru and into Bolivia. There might be those times when certain Americans have issues with visa fees or other things related to a visa when trying to enter this land-locked country, but as long as you have your money, all $135 of it, in hand and ready to go, most likely you won’t have any issues. We have no idea if this was necessary or not, but we even went as far as having ... read more

La Paz!! Cocaine capital of the world, yay....... Again due to the fudged up bus systems in Berrrrrrlivia, we arrived to our hostel at 5 am. the hostel was one of the best we have stayed in, has 26 rooms and a huage bar for the people staying there. After sleeping for a while this guy woke me up by looking at me and going "tilly......tilly is that you?" (or something like that) and trying to get in bed with me..... that was confusing. We slept till about 12 and me and george went to have breakfast, people weere already doing shots at the bar shouting; "1, 2, 3, Wilrd rover!!!" (what it was called), so we were like riiiiiight and had a fry up. WE then left for the witches market, called this because it ... read more