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Published: October 11th 2004
Mountain scenery
It's cold above La Paz when cycling downhillHola from Puno on the shores of Lake Titicaca (stop sniggering at the back).
I'll keep it short and sweet today but we do have photos.
From Potosi we went to La Paz, the highest capital city in the world via Oruro where our truck was broken into (none of our stuff was taken but others in our group were not so lucky).
La Paz was a hectic city where all life seemed to be happening on the streets at maximum speed. We did a city tour and learnt that Bolivia has had more revolutions than presidents and saw the bullet holes from last years revolution (that wasn't in the guide book).
The second day we were there we went mountain biking. Serious downhill mountain biking. Starting at 4,900m we dropped 3500m downhill over 64km along the Worlds Most Dangerous Road. The riding was great and the scenery was incredible (check out the photos).
From La Paz we headed to Puno via the Tihuanaku ruins (pre Inca). We have just returned from 2 days on Lake Titicaca, the worlds highest navigable lake, where we visited the floating reed islands and then spent the night with a
The Worlds Most Dangerous Road
It's also one of the worlds most dramatic and beautiful roads local family on one of the real islands. We stayed in a traditional house which meant no electricity or shower, cooking over a wood fire (we didn't cook) and outside toilet with a manual flush!
After playing football at the highest football stadium in the world (4060m and bloody knackering) where the gringos narrowly lost to a highly skilled local team of kids we participated in the local dancing traditions at a fiesta. It would have been rude if we hadn't worn the local costumes as well (with walking boots of course)
Enjoy the piccies and check back soon.
Adios amigos
Viv and Ness
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