Country Info
- La Paz /Sucre
- Capital
- Boliviano (BOB)
- Currency
- 8,300,463
- Population
- BO
- Country Code
La Paz Slideshow
La Paz
Travel Blogs from La Paz, Bolivia
Dangerous living at the top of the world...
This is a top pick! ... rather fix the problem in your own back yard", thus one of the reasons for all the political conflict between Bolivia and the West. Coca chewing aside, La Paz certainly did have a lot to keep us busy but we decided to spend Christmas in the Salar ...
Marcel in La Paz
This is a top pick! Marcel at some typical spots of La Paz. More to be added the next ...
The Inca Trail (Peru and Bolivia)
This is a top pick! ... out of Sorata for the fun ride back to La Paz. The bus was packed with lots of people standing. In El Alto, a poor suburb of La Paz, there were people all lined up with their [bbq size] propane tanks blocking the road. I'm not sure if this was some sort ...
Keeping the peace
This is a top pick! ... of dust that was constantly pouring in preventing any decent breath of air, it was horrible and would recomened the train which goes halfway to La Paz to avoid this experience.. The bus pulls into La Paz along a road with a great view of the city, passing ...
La Paz
This is a top pick! ... canyon´s lip. There is a massive urban sprawl inbetween the sides of the canyon. There wasn´t a lot that I really wanted to see in La Paz except that I heard it was in a remarkable location. However the main goal for the La Paz was to hit the road form ...
Biking the World's Most Dangerous Road to Coroico
This is a top pick! ... get to being on an alien planet without leaving Earth. Bolivia is just full of surprises. Quantifiable Summary Bus to La Paz (3.5 hours, 15bs/$2, 1 ferry crossing for 1.5bs) Night at Hostal Milenio (25bs/$3) Biking down World's Most Dangerous Road ...
End of Tour
This is a top pick! ... accommodating than the Europeans, and South America continues to emerge as my favourite (and must return) continent. I have 3 nights in La Paz before flying to Santiago on Friday. La Paz is extraordinarily cheap and poor... reminiscent of my time in ...
One hell of a bus ride II
This is a top pick! ... with us and we managed to get to our hostel, which our little travelling group had booked for us... well done them!! The approach to La Paz was pretty amazing... You come up to the top of a hill and are faced with a gigantic crater, filled in with a ...
Danger? I Laugh in the Face of Danger!
This is a top pick! ... like getting back on a horse). The road is called the death road because this narrow, bumpy dirt road, the only way to get from La Paz to Corico, averages about one car or truck a week off the edge. The edge is a vertical drop of at least 100 meters, ...
The Highest Capital in the world
This is a top pick! Greetings from La Paz, Bolivia - one of South America's most interesting cities, and at 12,000 feet it is the highest capital city in the world. (The highest city in the world is Potosi, Bolivia - I'm going there next week.) La Paz is ...
La Paz
This is a top pick! ... all manner of weird and wonderful items from love potions to preserved animal carcasses! That evening we decided to dine at La Paz's reputedly best international restaurant. As we rounded the corner of the street and spotted the doorman at the very ...
Valley of the moon - La Paz
This is a top pick! 29.1.10 There are market stalls everywhere in La Paz. It seems you can get everything except a Bolivian sticker for your vehicle and a street map. There are many poor people begging in the streets with their children. The many food stalls are well ...
Altitude sickness
This is a top pick! ... had no boom gate. So I stopped by the booth and the uniformed guard asked me a question and I smiled and said "From Australia, going to La Paz". “Ah, si, si” he said. I said “OK?” and he said “Si” and indicated that I ...
A Brighter Side of Bolivia
This is a top pick! ... stretching for miles over the barren highlands. Later in the week we decided it was time to head north towards La Paz - the administrative capital of Bolivia, and reputedly the highest capital city in the world at about 13,000 ft. On our way through ...
The highest Capital City in the world... SMASH!!!
This is a top pick! ... form a stunning landscape with a beautiful mountain backdrop. Next we were driven through one of the more salubrious neighbourhoods of La Paz where houses can cost over $300,000 US lots of them were on private estates and the shopping district was ...
Injury, Illness & NY Fireworks.
This is a top pick! ... street stall, we break open a bottle of wine and settle in. What a blast, come 12pm it would appear that absolutely every citizen of La Paz had fire works to light. The city was ablaze with noise and colour. Fantastic. So what else can happen?? We wake up ...
La Paz:Dried Llama Fetuses & Screaming Down a Road
This is a top pick! ... pro-Evo T-shirts and went to the Presidential Palace. We were hooked up with a tour - along with about 6 other teenagers from La Paz - through to his conference rooms, sat in his big chairs, saw the first map of Bolivia, and a sword used by Sucre ...
Cycling down the World´s most dangerous road
This is a top pick! ... the edge of the cliff. Thanks be to God I was too busy concentrating to start gazing around on the hill. It was one hell of a dangerous sight. If you ever find yourself in La Paz with a day to kill don´t leave without doing this. Absolutely ...
Altitude!
This is a top pick! ... either. And finally have you ever been anoyed by someone saying "Can I borrow your mobile...I won´t be a second". Well in La Paz they have the antidote to the mobile phone scroungers....some dude who walks around with his mobile chained to his hand ...
Downhill all the way.....
This is a top pick! ... usual! We got to the asphalt bit before dark and I started to relax but couldnt sleep despite being very tired. We arrived into La Paz at about 7ish and proceeded to get stuck in traffic jams for ages before arriving home. Jen and Jonno our fellow ...
Huge city in a canyon!
This is a top pick! ... shoddy, dusty town, but it is on Lake Titicacaca and is bustling with vendors and people so we liked it. The journey onto La Paz was pleasant enough, and shorter than we expected (as usual the bus driver obviously thought he was on a formula one ...
Dangerous Roads, Jails, 5th Wheelin and Planning
This is a top pick! ... in the ####... oh well. Anyone who has read a book called "Marching Powder" about the infamous San Pedro prison in La Paz will understand the following - those who havent will think i am a little crazy. Basically inmates in San Pedro have ...
A bumpy ride to La Paz
This is a top pick! When we arrived at La Paz bus terminal, it was only about a 5 minute walk to our hostel - The Adventure Brew. First impressions is that it's a nice place. Our room wasn't going to be ready until about 12.30pm, but to be fair, we didn't really have that ...
A Walk around the city
This is a top pick! ... down the World's Most Dangerous Road. We are definitely going to do it, but will do it in March when we come back through La Paz as we have more time then. As it was approaching 2pm we decided to find a bit of lunch.....and there it was......glowing ...
La Paz
This is a top pick! Another short entry due to the fact we had food poisoning and spent much of our time in bed or on the toilet (sorry). La Paz is a crazy city. Never experienced such a polluted city before. OK, it´s lively and there are lots of markets but you need to ...
The long, cold but beautiful road to La Paz
This is a top pick! in 26 hours the bus brought me from Pisco, Peru to La Paz Bolivia. The bus had great seats, lots of space and great service, but when the heating broke at night and it started to actually freeze in the bus (we could see that from the ice formed on the ...
Bus Journey, Civil Unrest and Bangers & Mash
This is a top pick! ... a minibus and got the driver to give us a lift to the Alto La Paz bus terminal where we could get a taxi to La Paz.....hopefully. The minibus took us round all the back streets to avoid the road block. This is where you start thinking of the mornings ...
Green rice, green beer & green shots - Paddy Day!
This is a top pick! Happy Paddy Day After our free pancake breakfast we decided to take a walk around the markets. I picked myself up a few bargains. Bought a digital watch for £2 which has flashing techno lights on it - wicked! Also got myself a new pair of shades as ...