La Paz Travel Blogs - Page 3

La Paz is a very interesting city, sort of a meeting ground of two cultures, that of the indigenous Aymara indians that have inhabited the altiplano region for hundreds of years and that of new and modern Bolivia. It is probably the only place in the world where you´ll see people dressed in tradit…

Hola Chicos y Chicas ! I know what your thinking.. NICE ALLITERATION ! he should work for the sun newspaper.. and.. yes you are right, but until I return to the green and pleasant lands, more crap about the rubbish we have been getting up to on the far and distant continent where there be dragons..…

Ah La Paz, what a place. We left Puno by bus and passed through copabana, all the time reading the lonely planet, which pretty much says if we don´t get killed, robbed or raped in La Paz we are lucky people (over exaggeration by LP as usual). On the bus trip there is a ferry crossing where ev…

ah well, travelling with fever on a local bus between peru and bolivia promised to be loads of fun... and it was! on the first foot steps in bolivia we encountered some of the bad things that are awaiting us in the south americas cheapest country the busride itself was not bad, but since commi-ev…

Our last day in La Paz was pretty lazy really, did a bit of internetting, late breakfasting and basic wandering around town.  walked back over to the Plaza Murillo to try the dulce de leche ice-cream we spotted in a small shop there, not worth the effort really - did not taste very dulce and d…

Whilst technically not Bolivia's capital, nor particularly high (at least when you've been to 5,000m), La Paz is nonetheless a very cool city. Built in a canyon (why?!), exploring the city has meant us taking our time - steep canyon sides leave you out of breath quite quickly at altitude. About ha…

I wasnt feeling too great the morning I woke to tackle a bike ride down the worlds most dangerous road from La Paz to Coroico road. The road plunges down nearly 3600 meters down a 64 km route with stomach churning sheer drops. As the mini bus full of riders climbed the steep roads to the top on a f…

With the blockades to La Paz lifted, it was time to go to the highest capital in the world (only it isn´t, as we found out that they´d changed the capital to Sucre a month earlier !).  3 hour journey straight forward contradicting word of mouth that the bus journeys in Bolivia are …

Here again? Well, we didn´t plan to, but as it happens often our bus ride extended itself, in this case from 3 to 5 hours. Thus we arrived to La Paz later than originally planned and could not catch a bus to Copacabana until the next day. So we walked around looking to celebrate that Emily ha…

La Paz has the honor of being the highest capital in the world (thought apparently Bolivia has 2 capitals, cheating) and we could definately feel it slugging up the hill the our hostel with lungs about to implode.  Comming into La Paz it seemed to also holds that honor for …

Our bus from Copacabana to La Paz finished with a stunning view coming in to La Paz. The city is in a very steep crater-like valley, and the bus drives in from the top so you can see right down in to the city.We got a hotel close to the main plaza that was the first hotel with a lift that I had sta…

After very nearly missing my flight to out of Cuzco, due to some late night pool playing with some local kids, I was quickly introduced to Bolivian lifestyle.  About 15 minutes into the winding driving from the El Alto to the city centre, our cab was hailed down by a cop who demanded a bribe f…

All tourists arrive through El Alto, which is the part of the city up on the altiplano .  They apparently started building this in 1985 and this is still in full flow; now with a population 1 million, with another 1 million in the valley of La Paz city.  It´s amazing to get the views of …

Day 1: Early start at 6 to cover the 350km. Get there in 9.5 hours thanks to some improved roads. First bit of tarmac we have seen in Boliva. Staying in city hotel. Do a quick tour and get go to Thai resteraunt for something a bit healty. Day 2: We did the Death Road Biking. Its a 40km cycle on ta…

Bolivia is a nice country and cheap =)..