Museum of Musical Instruments - Museo Instrumentos Musicales de Bolivia La Paz

Arriving last night in La Paz, I wondered if I was just knackered after being up for so long, and that was why I was so out of breath climbing 4 flights of stairs, but this morning I had a headache that pretty much lasted all day. The altitude does make a massive difference. This must be what it's like for fat people; just walking around makes your …

La Paz is a Gaint city that sits at a elevation of 3640mtr making it the worlds highest city, the city is seated in a big ¨´BOWL¨ with massive mountains in the back ground (peaks over 6000mtrs) it makes for a great city to spend some time in.

The streets in La Paz are either up or down and steep, so, being so high up you have to take your …

A surprisingly beautiful city, especially when the sun was shining on the tens of thousands of brick buildings clinging to the mountain sides. A taxi driver informed us that huge number of unfinished buildings (unpainted and with windows missing) is the result of a tax avoidance tactic - council tax only has to be paid on finished houses. Had a …

... as zebras directing the traffic. As I said before, we didn´t actually get that much done in La Paz, but we did visit the museum of musical instruments, which was great.  In each room they have different musical instruments from the region, divided ...

... , the old 'centre', which had nice buildings flanking it, and far too many pigeons. Next, I went into the museum of musical instruments, which was quite interesting. There were some instruments made out of armadillos, which I particularly liked. It was ...

... . The more time I have spent wondering around the city the more I enjoy its energy. I went to the Museum of Musical Instruments of Bolivia, which was wonderful. There were guitars, harps and mandolins made out of Armadellio and tortoise/turtle shells, ...

... remind me of: it's like listening to horse race commentary as they come into the final stretch. I visited the museum of musical instruments, which was very good, including not only pre-colonial artefacts but also the chance to play some intruments! ...

... de Coca (all about Coca, the leaf, cocaine-the problems, the indigenous beliefs, etc...very interesting), the National Museum of Musical Instruments, and the National Museum of Art that is housed in a really incredible old building.  Pretty much ...

... and the strenuous walking up and down badly paved hillsides, we stopped for tea and then made our way to the Museum of Musical Instruments where we plucked and banged a whole host of unusual traditional instruments as well as viewing many even ...

... talk about.   14th – We went to a music show with the Swiss couple. The show was held in the Museum of musical instruments and the owner was also the star attraction and deservedly so. The show started with 3 people playing wooden flutes, like ...

... We shuddered to think how many green parrots and scarlet macaws had met their ends in the making. The other museum was a private museum of musical instruments. Even if you think you don't care a scrap for musical instruments this is worth a visit. There ...

... of the more eyecatching buildings, skipped the art museum thanks to their lengthy siesta hours and went to the museum of musical instruments instead. It was brilliant. Automated soundclips started up as you passed through rooms of instruments, miniatures ...