Before we came to Bolivia, we initially didn't even plan to visit La Paz, because of the fact that this must probably be the most misrepresented city in South America. This is what we were led to expect by various posts, on various travel blogs, on many, many travel websites, and what our own experience is so far: The whole of La Paz is one big open air market In the old center of the city, there are indeed many, very interesting open air markets, where you can buy anything from a Llama fetus to the latest version of Windows, before it has been released officially! But also: A small distance from the center, where most tourists don't bother to go, beautiful, well kept plazas, surrounded by good restaurants and modern high rises. If you sit
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