Adventure Brew Hostel La Paz

As the road from Sucre to La Paz is tarmaced we decided it would be safe enough to catch a night bus. We booked cama (fully reclining) seats and the travel agent seemed very excited for us that she had booked the two seats at the front of the top deck with the panaramic view. When we arrived at the bus station however we discovered that cama was actually semi cama and the windshield positioned directly in front of our seats with our panaramic view was cracked beyond belief and Katie was then ...

We got up early and packed up our stuff. I was up first and was proud to be ready well ahead of the girls, except once I`thought I´d finished I realised I`d lost my Swiss Army knife. Cue the emptying of my entire bag and much frantic searching of the room for twenty minutes. By this time the girls were ready and it was almost time to leave. I finally found the mischievous implement, lurking under one of the blankets of my bed. Grrr. We grabbed some snacks for breakfast and went to the shore t...

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August 15: More Ailments
The first day in La Paz I was still feeling rough and kept getting horrible stomach pains. While the girls went for a wander to investigate companies we could book the Salt Flats Tour through, I spoke to the lovely hostel receptionist and she got their doctor to come and visit me in our dorm. I have now seen a doctor in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, i.e. every sodding country I`ve visited so far. I should surely get a me...

In Arica i had managed to convince Jason that he didn't need to rush back to Cochabamba, and therefore he should come hang out with me in La Paz for a couple of days. With Alec and Barb gone, the beach just wasn't the same, so the following day we booked ourselves a bus to be back in the crazy city in Bolivia by that night. All was going smoothly in the eight hour bus ride, other than being absolutely freezing whilst trying to sleep, luckily there were blankets on the bus but unfortunately th...

G'day it's nearly Australia Day! We are currently in La Paz, Bolivia which would have to be one of the worlds most relaxed and beautiful places. The feeling here is very calm ... except when we rode down the Worlds Most Dangerous Road on mountain bikes. We have t-shirts to prove it! Here in La Paz, Bolivia we are about 3,400m above sea level and we rode from 4,500m above sea level down 66km's of "road" to 1,100m above sea level. What a nerve wracking and exciting adventure. The road is most c...

So I arrived in La Paz today after the coldest bus ride ever. We boarded the bus in Sucre at about 7pm and were given 2 blankets. We bought full cama (seats go almost back) tickets in the hopes of getting some sleep. However we proceeded to stop every hour or so as the bus seemed to be having problems. Our promised dinner stop was in the main street of a tiny town somewhere. There were only 2 places to buy something to eat, both of them offering more or less the same selection of Pringles, ot...

We left Cochabamba at 930 in the morning and arrived in La Paz 7 hours later at 430. We were happy to have a good ride. We have heard many things about La Paz, some of them good and some bad. Most of the horror stories revolved around rogue taxi drivers so we did not take one the entire time in the city. We felt completely safe the whole time. It is the main city in Bolivia with a population of around 1.5 million. It has tonnes of markets, including one called a witches market. It is also su...

Ryan, the girls and I are finally in La Paz. Having arrived late, we decide to take a taxi to the nearest Hostel, The Adventure Brew. The taxi driver probably thinks were mad...we paid him B/10 to literally drive around the corner. Better be safe than sorry though - late, with bags, is not the time to be exploring on foot.

We end up in the annex, one block down, as the main hostel is full - but it has all the same facilities - good beds, pancake brekkie and hot showers - including the ...

Since entering Bolivia our trip has taken a more interesting turn. More ´random´events have surrounded us! We started off in Copacabana which is on the shore of Lake Titicaca (the highest lake in the world). We spent a day walking from a tiny small village town called Sampaya back to Copacabana. The scenry was wonderful. The lake is really beautiful and the area has lush grass with loads of vegetable fields. The following day we took a boat to Isla Del Sol which is an island on Lake Titicaca....

So arriving in La Paz!!!!! a flash back quickly to the journey there which was entertaining! i was travelling with the ozzies at this point, with the intention of meeting Mr Swiss in loki (a new type of chain super hostel that i was keen to try out!). We had to change bus in copacabana in boliva, however to our amazement the ozzies where not allowed to get on the same bus as me on account of being 'dirty', the driver told us they had to get on the 'dirty bus!' as one of them had used the toil...