well lets get the first things straight...la paz is absolutely miniging in every possible way- structure, lay out, ugliness, dirt...everything!!! luckily we were only there for a few days and made the most of our time so we would spent the least amount of time in the city...the hostel we were staying in had a tab system for drinks and food and for 5 days, 2 nights worth of drinking and the food we'd bought we freaked out when we heard the bolivianos being given in the hundreds...worked it out in pounds- 25 pounds in total..god bless the british sterling..there are 15 bolivianos to the pound!!!! well the first thing we did when we got there was book oursleves into 'gravity'...its a down hill bike ride that starts at 4,500m and ends at 1,100m, you go
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