La Paz, Bolivia

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September 29th 2010

Published: September 29th 2010

The capital of Bolivia, amazing city in the middle of the Cordillera Real mountains. La Paz lies in the altitude between 3.400m and 4.100m. Down there are living rich people working in offices and driving fat cars and up in "El Alto", most of the people are living on the poverty level and coming every day to La Paz to sell on the streets, clean your boots (lustrabotas), etc.... Read Full Entry

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early morning in the Cactus hotel with the owner

Anna has learnt me to drink fresh juices

she said it is healthier than beer (which I didn't believe, of course), but after she left, I drunk some more (just to confirm she was not right)

don't ask what everything is this

(I hardly know half of the stuff ;)

the black market

you can buy everything from soap to lama skin

fresh orange juice maker

None of the bolivian girls wants to be photographed. When I asked for it, she just run away and came back after the photo was done :)

police check, if the black market goes well...

ancient US school bus

hundreds of these buses ensure the public transport in La Paz today

a toilet paper? or rather a toilet paper?

street artists

Plaza Pedro d Murillo

main square in La Paz

the main square completely full of pigeons

(no wonder, all the people by food and feed them...)

Palacio legislativo

Palacio presidencial and the Cathedral

lustrabota

the streets of La Paz are full of this shoe cleaners, if you wear leather shoes, you can't escape (if you have no leather shoes they try to sell you their newspaper, so you don't escape anyway ;), but for 2Bs (30$c) its quite a good deal