La Paz Hostels - Reviews and Rates

Yes, back in the capital to see lowly Bolivia take on Brazil in one of the final World Cup qualifiers. Unfortunately it was a bit of a dead rubber as Brazil had already qualified and Bolivia had no chance of doing so. But still, national pride was at stake on both sides.

I returned to the mad hostel, which was packed out with over a hundr...

In La Paz is er voor ons al veel veranderd en gaat er nog meer veranderen.

James en Johanna zijn naar het Titikaka-meer gegaan, dus voor ons meer ons best doen op ons Spaans en maar vooral een lastig afscheid. Misschien zien we elkaar over 3 maanden weer, maar daar over later meer. Kyra heeft afscheid moeten nemen van haar oude vertrouw...

Well, after the beautiful small town feel of Toro "How´s the Serenity" Toro, La Paz was a bit of a shock. While no doubt small time by capital city standards (population of only 1.5m), it still seemed frenetic, crowded and noisy compared to what we had been accustomed too. We were expecting it to have a reasonable amount to offer us, but sadly, ...

We are writing this very late so it is going to be brief. We met up with the lovely Louisa (our friend who we met in Cuzco) and 2 friends, Jodi and Duncan, from St Andrews. We stayed in a great hostal which had a rooftop bar overlooking the city and we got a daily free beer (from their own microbrewery) and free pancake breakfasts every morning....

Well, we made it in time for the match - and what a match! Tension, excitement, game-winning drop-goals and botched last-second penalty attempts (thank you Mr Steven Jones!), and then it was all over and Ireland had actually won something for the first time in my existence! The celebrations were long and heavy, seeing as we were staying in an Ir...

My new Canadian friend Patricia and I had decided to have a go at the walking tour of La Paz found in the Lonely Planet guide book. It started by walking up Sagernaga (the street I had stayed on at the end of my tour). Today the street was jam packed with market stalls selling items for the Alasitas festival that was starting today. These includ...

Hello All, Sorry its been a while since we last updated the blog. We have been whirl winding it through Peru as my sister and our friend Ben came out to see us for 2.5 weeks and we had a tight itinerary to keep. Since we last wrote we went on to Cuenca and Loja in the Andes at the South of Equador, and from there took a 36 hour bus journey down ...

La Paz is the highest capital city in the World at somewhere between 3,650 and 4,000 metres depending who you consult. We arrived from Puno via another night train that was only a shade less frightening then the "death train" and then a bus. The ride on the bus took in some fantastic snow capped mountain scenery as we climbed towards La Paz. On ...

Dzisiaj wybieramy sie do Tiwanaku, wioski polozonej poltorej godziny jazdy od La Paz. Czemu wlasnie tam? Poniewaz zamierzamy obejzec ruiny, cywilizacji indian Tiwanaku, zamieszkujacych te tereny okolo 500 lat przed Chrystusem. Na miejsce dojezdzamy busikiem za 10 bolivianos od osoby. Wejscie do muzeum jest troche drogie. Kosztuje nas 80 bol. Po...

After our final great breakfast in Copacabana we made our way to the main square to get the bus to La Paz. As ever there was a bus just about to leave so we grabbed the last tickets, loaded our packs onto the top of the bus and squeezed into the last two back seats with all the locals. We had quite an eventful bus ride, after an hour we had to g...