http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Bolivia , La Paz Department en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:12:35 +0000 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:12:35 +0000 Blog 19th May 4th JuneLa Paz Rurrenabaque Las Pampas La Paz Lake TiticacaWe arrived in La Paz in the dark. Unsure of what to expect from the highest capital city in the world as the dawn appeared we were not disappointed. The city39s buildings literally cling to the sides of the canyons and spill downwards. Surrounded by mountains and snow capped peaks La Paz is dizzying not only be http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/Copacabana/blog-791580.html After a slightly scary flight from Rurrenabaque that was completely in the clouds we landed in La Paz on a cold and wet day. The flight was as i say slightly scary as we were completely covered in cloud flying through mountain passes some of which we did not get higher then on the previous flight. It was made worse by the fact that copilot kept falling asleepI didn39t think La Paz got any ra http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-791477.html post by MikeWhat in the world could convince us to wake up at 6 AM and walk across town to lurk in a quiet coffee shop In this case it was our longanticipated day tour with Gravity Bolivia highly recommended to bike down what Jess has renamed The World39s Most Exciting Road. We met Dave our Englishspeaking guide from North Carolina and Javier our Bolivian guide and loaded onto a b http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/Yungas-Road/blog-789810.html Post by Mike Sorry for delay in posting was in a region of Bolivia with no internet and minimal electricity for the last 4 days will catch up shortlyToday started with extreme celebration as we learned finally how the showers work in Bolivia A surgeon39s hand is required to carefully manipulate the water flow in order for the electric water heater to work its magic. After hearing Abba http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-789809.html So what do you do on a chilly Sunday afternoon in La Paz go watch Bolivian women wrestle of course No joke. We were told about this by some fellow travellers a month or two back so we thought we would give it a go. It sounded like it could be a bit of a backpacker tourist trap but we were pleasantly surprised. Yes there are a few bus loads of backpackers there but there is a lot more locals w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-789513.html Having arrived in Uyuni mid afternoon after a bumpy bus ride quickly located a decent hostel we ventured out to the happening town that is Uyuni to find a tour for the next day. The town seemed to consist only of tour company39s offering various trips out to see the famous salt flats but having spoken to several other travellers it appeared they all provide the same things so the mission w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-789145.html Blog 8th May 18th MaySoaring Salt FlatsWith the bus strikes finally lifted we eventually got back on the move. Sadly there was no vino or bubbles on this 24 hour marathon and we were forced to stand for half the overnight journey due to overcrowding. Nevertheless we arrived safely into Salta north west Argentina.This picturesque little city is lined with pedestrian streets and a lovely centra http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-788983.html May 30 Day 2 in La Paz After a first day in which we went somewhat overbudget due to our foolish decision to eat meals in tourist trap restaurants we committed to a lower budget for the day today. That was assisted by the fact that we finally learned what the fireworks were about It is a national holiday in Bolivia and basically the entire town was shut down. Stubbornly Jess and I marched fro http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-788961.html La Paz is one of Bolivias capitals Sucre is the other and it takes a bit of getting used to. Firstly it is 3660m above sea level and we did it in one day from Arica sea level in 10 hours by bus. Just walking up 5 stairs takes your breath away and as La Paz is in a valley you always have to go uphill at some point the pollution doesnt help either. Secondly I did a lot of research before http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-788947.html post by MikeMay 29 First day in La PazWe have made it to beautiful Bolivia Landing at 345 AM Aeroplan point restrictions limiting flight options we quickly made it through customs. The customs officer seemed so happy we were tourists coming to spend money in his country. We then met the wonderful Pepe our prearranged driver to take us from the airport to our hostel. The airport is situa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-788808.html We spent three weeks in Bolivia. Starting and ending in La Paz. We travelled to Sucre Trupiza a four day tour to the Salar de Uyani then back to La Paz. From there we did the death road moon valley and golfed the worlds highest golf course. The altitude was high the entire time and nights were cold one night on our tour was at 4400 meters and 20 with no heat. There was a transit and labour http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-786841.html Vo Travellers hani ghrt das de Titicacasee viel schner vo bolivianischer Siite zbewundere isch als vom peruanische Puno us. Im chline touristische Copacabana achoo haut mi frch eini vo Holland ah. Woni ht Abig schlaf bmer wnnd es Hostelzimmer teile. So guet wiemer ois verstande hnd hmer beschlosse am nchschte Tag no mitme Kolleg wo gnau so sponti dezue gstosse isch d Isla d http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/Copacabana/blog-786815.html Hi allLong time... so here is the story of the Choro trek... After renting all our camping equipment from La Paz we set off on a 71Kms journey over 3 days. Choro starts from near La Cumbre at 4800 to end up at 1800 making its way through Cordillera Real from dramatic altiplanos sceneries to quickly descent into immense valleys with dense vegetation. Although it sounds like a straight walk down http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/Coroico/blog-785528.html ltbr stylecolor 000000 fontfamily Helvetica fontsize medium lineheight normal webkittaphighlightcolor rgba26 26 26 0.296875 webkitcompositionfillcolor rgba175 192 227 0.230469 webkitcompositionframecolor rgba77 128 180 0.230469 webkittextsizeadjust auto gtltbr stylecolor 000000 fontfamily Helvetica fontsize medium lineheight http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-785435.html Vo heisse 35 jamaikanische Grad isches wieder zrugg uf Bolivie gnauer uf La Paz 3 800mM..M. de inoffizielle Hauptstadt gange. Han die Hchi dnn schnll gmerkt jedesmal wohni wieder zrugg is Hostel gloffe bi bini wines Ross am schnufe gsi Und sBierli nacher stiigt eim au no schnll in Chopf i dere HchiLa Paz isch eigentli kei schni Stadtwie vili anderi bolivianischi Stdt wo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-784875.html Arriving into La Paz at 5 in the morning is not fun. We had barely had a wink of sleep the whole journey and the prospect of getting into a bed as soon as possible was all we wanted. We went back to the Adventure Brew Hostel and picked up our bags managed to slyly have ourselves a free breakfast and then walked on down the street to their other establishment the BB. If we would have checked in http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-783015.html Vienintelis laivelis plaukiantis Isla del Sol turt iplaukti 8.30 tad atsikeliam anksiau papusryiaujam ir einam iki prieplaukos irti ar plaukia iandien kasnors. Deja protestai nesibaig ir nei vienas laivelis neplaukia iki salos. Tad iandien dien praleisim miestelyje ir jeigu ryt niekas vis dar nedirbs manau keliausim Peru. Bet iandienai veikos turt utekti ir http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/Copacabana/blog-779950.html Taigi i6 ryto kaip jau tapo prasta sijungiam televizoriu ir irim inas gal pagaliau baigesi protestai. Suinom kad atlaisvino vien keli Titikako eero link bet ne pagrindin. Papusryiaujam ir vaiuojam t rajon i kurio turt vaiuoti mikriukai Copacabana miest prie Titikakos eero. Deja is kelias vis dar ublokuotas. Bet ilgiau sdti La Pase ir nieko n http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/Lake-Titicaca/blog-779871.html http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-779870.html Pagal plan turiau iandien jau ivaiuot i La Paso bet Maysa kalba mane pasilikti dar bent vien dien. Be to ji galbt prisijungs bent savaitei pakeliauti su manim. Ties pasakius man visai ia patinka amerikietis Jordan pranczai Maysa arba jos mama visi tikri gero maisto mgjai tad kuris nors vis kasdien pagamina po kok nors dom patiekal. Jau net nebeatsimen http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-779149.html