What did we think of La Paz.... Well it was just chaotic... Never seen such chaos on the streets. Can't call thm roads as they are also shops and walkways. I had to hang on tight!!!
Shopping was something else too. So many street vendors (actually on the streets) all those together selling the same thing. Lots of DVD stalls ... 10 Bolivanios for a DVD ... pirated of course, just an unlabelled DVD in a box. NO we didn´t buy any!!!
Witches´market had all sorts of yukky things ... including dead, dehydrated things. Didn´t stay there long.
Since La Paz in on the slopes of a gorge, all streets are very steep, and walking around is sooooo hard as I was constantly out of breath. Even sitting at the airport at Al Alto ... even higher, I was puffing.
We did a city tour ... our guide kept telling us that it is a modern city!!! Well parts of it are modern and they do have supermarkets etc ... in different parts of the town. He showed us some very up-market places - mostly lower in the gorge-valley where breating is slightly easier, and some (so-called) middle class areas - further up the sides of the gorge. Al Alto ... on the top is generally regarded as poorer.
We also went to the Vally of the Moon .... very striking landscape ... will have to wait for the pictures as I´m getting error messages when I try to upload any!!!
Shopping was something else too. So many street vendors (actually on the streets) all those together selling the same thing. Lots of DVD stalls ... 10 Bolivanios for a DVD ... pirated of course, just an unlabelled DVD in a box. NO we didn´t buy any!!!
Witches´market had all sorts of yukky things ... including dead, dehydrated things. Didn´t stay there long.
Since La Paz in on the slopes of a gorge, all streets are very steep, and walking around is sooooo hard as I was constantly out of breath. Even sitting at the airport at Al Alto ... even higher, I was puffing.
We did a city tour ... our guide kept telling us that it is a modern city!!! Well parts of it are modern and they do have supermarkets etc ... in different parts of the town. He showed us some very up-market places - mostly lower in the gorge-valley where breating is slightly easier, and some (so-called) middle class areas - further up the sides of the gorge. Al Alto ... on the top is generally regarded as poorer.
We also went to the Vally of the Moon .... very striking landscape ... will have to wait for the pictures as I´m getting error messages when I try to upload any!!!
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