La Paz, Bolivia Travel Blogs

Hangovers and Altitude Sickness - A Killer Combo
Mar 23, 2005 (9 photos)

... a number of mountain lakes which reflect its snow capped peaks. I think it should be the number one destination of any tourist in La Paz. Unfortunately, we went to a dozen agencies and no one had even a single person interested in the trip on either of ...

The second half of the trip to La Paz
Mar 20, 2005 (12 photos)

... Titikaka is beautiful. We spent several hours just driving around it. I'll post some photos of the ride. We finally rolled into La Paz about 6 p.m. on Palm Sunday. So there was a market outside of town that took an hour to get through. Throngs of ...

Exploring La Paz on Foot
Mar 21, 2005 (5 photos)

... was nice. And we could have a couple of courses and drinks for $5 combined. And it was only a few steps from our hotel. Did I mention it's not a great idea to wander the streets of La Paz after dark. Well, more on the dangers of La Paz later.

LaPaz and Marching Powder Fantasy
Sep 12, 2008 (56 photos)

... for a few years...hence the spanish.....anyway.. they had come to the hotel to say they had checked out what the go was in La Paz during the day and found that the International Jazz festival was on in the city and they were going to a jazz club that ...

Tres mercados negros
Aug 11, 2006

I'm in La Paz, Bolivia now after an arduous 19-hour hus ride (they told me it would be 16 and I'd only have to change buses once, as opposed to the three times we actually did). It's crowded here but I like the atmosphere and the prices (i.e. everything's ...

The Altitude Diaries...
May 17, 2008 (110 photos)

... hoot.  The sun, out for the first time today, makes up for lost time, delivering blinding, burning beams down to La Paz's starved streets.  There are greetings on the ground - to friends and strangers alke - the general friendliness of the locals ...

Did Steve Survive Bolivia´s Death Road?
Apr 30, 2007 (12 photos)

... the fact that I would surely never see this man again. (door closes) Fast-forward to the cold, Sunday morning in La Paz. I´m feeling quite nervous and even a little apprehensive about the trip. I walk into my tour group´s office, Downhill ...

Getting high in the highest Capital in the World
Aug 20, 2005 (13 photos)

... is fantastic. Its full of the lively street stalls and colourful chaos which we have missed since Central America. The highlight of La Paz has to be the Witches market, where you can buy anything from garden herbs to lama feotuses (Just in case you ...

Steve´s Dead, but the Blog Lives On
May 8, 2007 (19 photos)

... into a couple days ago.   However, this story is nothing like that. While taking our maiden voyage in Bolivia (Lake Titicaca to La Paz), we were ¨treated¨ to a dubbed version of Bruce Willis´ Tears of the Sun. The ...

La Paz: There, Downhill and Back
May 16, 2005 (10 photos)

... got back to La Paz, a bunch of strikes popped up all over the country, effectively forcing us to stay in La Paz until the roads reopened (Bolivia is in a sort of constant state of political turmoil and things have started to bubble over again as a result ...

Worlds highest capital
Sep 7, 2006 (4 photos)

Arrived an hour or so late and not at the bus terminal as the bus broke down again and we had no idea where we were. The bus driver refused to pay for our taxi into town but got us a cheapish one (2 quid for all of us) to Illampu the main travelly ...

Shopping and a lot of altitude.
Jul 8, 2005 (20 photos)

... power now to attract love, money and sex for this lifetime and the next 3. Whooppeeee may the attracting commence!! One road from La Paz to the Yungas pass through a town called Coroico. This BUMPY road is also called 'the most dangerous road in the ...

Back to hit the shops in LaPaz
Sep 17, 2008 (5 photos)

10am and we said bye to Cynthia and the group and  headed back to the airport for the quick flight to LaPaz.  We'd left all our luggage at the hotel and were travelling just with an overnighter so all was easy.    It was good ...

La Paz - for 1 night only
Sep 24, 2004 (2 photos)

What a view driving into La Paz! It's an absolutely enormous city in a massive valley surrounded by the Andes mountains, yes they're mine :-) La Paz isn't a very well-off place at all. They are some nice areas in the city, that we saw, but like Lima ...

A mountain and a lack of sleep
Aug 14, 2006 (13 photos)

... then I remembered that there was a soccer game between The Strongest and Bolívar. Not only are they two of Bolivia´s best teams, they are both based in La Paz. So I showered and caught a bus to the stadium. The game was exciting and mostly well-played (a ...

Easter in La Paz
Apr 16, 2006 (6 photos)

... of Lake Titicaca on Monday instead. We unnexpectedly meet up with Paul and Verity and enjoy a good old-fashioned British moan about Bolivia and La Paz over a bowl of soup in the Cocaine Museum. By the end of the meal we are all feeling better. We ...

Elavation!!!!!!!!!
May 12, 2005 (5 photos)

... and places, and then back onto the markets area (another one!). Completed the loop by going through the tourist markets. Bolivia and La Paz sometimes have a bad reputation for scams etc, but I didnt feel threatened at all here - I like this city. ...

Bolivia...the bargain basement of South America
Aug 21, 2005 (22 photos)

... to get off and pay to sail across in a little boat, but the locals got to stay on the bus! Wierd but wonderful La Paz Bolivia is a weird place, a place where after a while the out of the ordinary is taken for granted. Its capital, La Paz is situated ...

My Peru
Jun 26, 2008

OK, so I decided to write a small summary about each country that I visit... so here's My Peru... I was a little sad that we didn't have more time in Peru.  All the people I chatted to in my pigeon Spanish were warm and friendly and often bent over ...

Death Road , Bolivia
Jul 1, 2008 (5 photos)

So........... After our eventfull bus ride to La paz we have been here for a few days now.  Its the highest capital city in world...basically meaning that i am out of breath after walking up a flight of stairs!  Its an amazing city from a ...

Still loving La Paz
Sep 9, 2006 (7 photos)

... the afternoon wandering the city which has some lovely old churches and plazas. Stills very European which is a bit odd really! Bolivia on the whole does feel a bit more different from other countries with people wearing local dress e.g. bowler hats etc. ...

Breathless
Jan 24, 2006 (5 photos)

... should quell the water cravings until I make it down to the coast of Peru. After Sucre, which was a really beautiful, relaxed city, La Paz is kind of disappointing -there's no pretty gardens or squares, and there's not a lot to do beyond shopping and ...

The Highest Capital City in the World
Jul 12, 2006 (37 photos)

... I also suggested a name for the new hostel bar... "Altitude Anonymous" , but I don't know if it will catch on. We'll see. La Paz is a cool place to walk around and watch Bolivian life go by. And that's what I've spent the last several days doing. Just ...

Big fry up then off to Sucre...with a bit of vomit
Mar 18, 2009 (2 photos)

... . Good job we did as there were at least 4 more deposits through the night. Evidence of this can be found along the road from La Paz to Sucre, or down the side of the bus!! Not much sleep was had during the bus journey, lets hope Lorna makes a recovery ...

Another day in the capital
Feb 26, 2009

... bus station to get some info on buses to Copacabana on Lake Titticaca. The hostel was trying to charge 110 BOB's each to go from La Paz to Copacabana tomorrow and the Copacabana to Puno on Sunday. At the bus station it was 50 BOB's each - no brainer there ...

Copacabana, Isla del Sol, La Paz
Nov 1, 2006 (18 photos)

... Isla del Sol made a nice day trip, but it is nothing like the uniqueness of the Uros on the Peruvian side of the lake. La Paz, the Highest Capital City in the World From Copacabana, we take a bus to the capital La Paz. About midpoint in the journey, ...

This Is Just Regular Sausage Right?
Oct 31, 2006 (2 photos)

... and the rest of the passengers climbed aboard. We definitely recommend the train as a much more comfortable way to travel between La Paz and Uyuni. Arriving in Orouro at about 10AM we headed to the bus station for some breakfast with some fellow Aussies, ...

Mustard tricks in the cool bowl.
Aug 15, 2005 (16 photos)

... for a few days, although it's pretty chaotic and always full of people. Anyway, chill I do... I join up with Karla, a local from La Paz I knew from earlier, and she shows me the city for real. From poor suburbs to the more ritzy areas. And then I mean poor ...

Mountain Biking the Road of Death - La Paz
Aug 28, 2008 (12 photos)

After spending a couple days finding my way around La Paz, I signed up to mountain bike down the World's Most Dangerous Road, affectionately known as "The Death Road."  The WMDR is basically a one-lane dirt track that starts at 15,400 feet ...

Twelve Months Baby!
Oct 22, 2006 (11 photos)

... remembered us today and realised we were mostly thinking of you guys! Aside from this we took the bus from Copacabana to La Paz in Bolivia, which included a boat ride across Lake Titicaca at San Pablo de Tiquina (the bus went on a barge) where we tried ...