Here we are again, adding another country to the list! Due to our flight leaving Santiago at 6am, we, as usual, decided to cut costs and camp out in the airport....we´ve seriously had it way too easy in New Zealand and have become soft to noise and activities and so sleep evaded us yet again! Anyway, after a 4 hr flight we arrived in La Paz, almost 4km above sea level. The thin air and lack of sleep wasn´t a particularly good combination and hauling our packs off the conveyer belt was more diffficult than normal, not to mention trying to hike up a hill to find a guesthouse! - The massive city is built in a valley and sprawls for miles up either side of the hills, making for lovely views but not treating new
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