Arthy's Guesthouse La Paz

Sept 22nd Rurre, Saturday Pete was totally unable to park his aching bum on another bus seat for at least 24 hours. We gave the 'small' size Anaconda freebie T-shirt to the 8-year-old granddaughter of the hotel Senora Carmen, gave mini-koalas to the other grandchildren, and went to the river to see if we could get a trip for Pete, as it had been so nice. At 400 bolivianos for a 2-hour return trip (the whole jungle trip for 3 days had cost around 470B, including 5 hours on the river), we gave ...

I am back in La PAz right now, uploaded some photos into last entry re: copa and Isal. have a look. Where did I leave off??? Ahh yes, bad tummy after pasta on Sat. night. Well, letīs just leave it at that... Sunday morning we got up and it was raining (again) but what can you do, we hired a taxi to take us to sopachi, great sceanry along the way. Cab driver was kind enough to keep stopping and lettign me take photos, but the back doors have no handles, so he had to get out to let me out. I ro...

At 12,000 feet La Paz is the world's highest-elevated capital. The city is in a spectacular location: a bowl-shaped valley with clay-colored houses built all the way up to the rim, and with jagged, snow-covered mountains visible in the distance. The streets are chaotic; jam-packed with buses (read: vans), packs of dogs and an endless flow of pedestrians, many wearing colorful traditional outfits. The indigenous women wear dresses and bowler hats and they are built like tanks; they are short, ...

Another day, another bus journey! Today, we're off to Lake Titicaca on the border between Bolivia and Peru, so it's time to catch up on our blog or we'll be a whole country behind! We spent a couple of days in San Pedro de Atacama, which was a very chilled little town in the middle of the Atacama Desert. There were very few streets, most were pedestrianised, with the obligatory main plaza in the middle with a gorgeous white-washed church. The main raison d'etre for San P is to cater for all t...

Uyuni to La Paz When we arrived in Uyuni we decided that we wanted to get to La Paz and tried to book the 'nice bus' to La Paz. Unfortunately the nice bus had broken down and would not be leaving again for 2 days so we asked what other options we had for getting to La Paz. The travel company gave us two bus company's names, but when we asked which was better they just laughed and wished us luck. We spent the afternoon in the town, having lunch at the Extreme fun pub, which had great perspecti...

Well hello, Its been a touch week of travelling for us both this last week.... After the rest and relaxation at Arthys Hostel in La Paz (which has to rate as one of our top 5 hostels so far - pictures when we get to a computer with a USB plug) we were really sad to leave La Paz - a city that literally takes your breath away. But onwards and upwards, to Copacabana and Lake Titicaca (the secnery enroute is breath-taking), where we arrived to Easter celebrations galore and pouring rain - it wasn...

March 1st, 2005 Decided to treat myself to a few flights rather than a long bumnumbing bus journey so flew Salta to Santa Cruz. This city looks beautiful from the sky at night, 'cause it's built in cirlces so it looked like a huge series of ever increasing circles of light in the darkness. Other than that, didn't really do it for me. Served as a stop over to get used to being in a new country, and Bolivia of all places. I wasn't going to come here but am so glad I did. Next stop was La Paz. I...

You know those stickers you see on the back of people-carriers? The ones in bright yellow that announce the presence of a Baby On Board. I bet you hate those people, with their proclamations of fertility and all that. Well, be prepared to feel like a mean old *******. I discovered recently that the BOB sign originated in the good old USA, whereby the fire service launched a nationwide campaign to get people to put a clearly visible sign on their vehicle highlighting the presence a wee one. Th...