Casa Hermanos Manchego La Paz
Calle Hermanos Manchego #2551 La Paz, 2093, Bolivia
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The Highest Capital City in the World
We cruise into La Paz around 5:30pm. We come into the city across the Alto Flats from Lake Titicaca. La Paz is in the valley that starts at the Alto and stretches down towards to Mt Illamani. As we drive in it forms a perfect frame to the city.
The high altitude of La Paz means that the higher suburbs on the edge of the alto are the …
Easing Into Bolivia
I crossed the border into Bolivia with some trepidation, Argentina had been so great and I had a feeling Bolivia would find Argentina a tough act to follow. The difference between the two countries was quite noticable, it was like stepping back in time 30 years however I embraced the more rustic feel immediately.
Tupiza was a 4 or so hour …
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Spanish, Salt Flats and Flamingoes...
... have lunch with him and his slightly
oddball hippy community the next day. On our way home we got ourselves
scared witless (leery men in abundance) and began to wonder whether we
would be better off leaving Corico asap for our sanity if nothing else!
We were planning on heading straight to Copacabana and Lake Titicaca but to add to our trauma Shona's laptop screen has got cracked in
transit and we are now back in La Paz hoping we can get it fixed. ...
Trans-Americano
... countryside) accent and almost toothless mouth, says, ``young men these days just travel around the world seeking to capture everything with their camera.''
The camera, of course. A friend and foe. It sacrifices the present moment for eternity.
We are happy to have captured some of those moments and will cherish them as long as our minds and hard disk can preserve them.
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Back to the dizzy heights
... we are only an hour late. I think that is quite good considering where we are! The 10 people get off the plane and we all crowd on. Horrendous again, everyone had been chatting waiting for the thing to turn up, now we are in and everyone is quiet just praying that we don’t plunge into the jungle on the way home. Despite the bad weather the ride was a lot smoother coming back and we land safely. Again ...



