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La Paz, Bolivia
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LA PAZ EXPRESS!
... BEEP BEEP, alarm goes off, its 7am, I get out of the shower, Rebecca enters... "would you kill me if I don't come with you', SHE DOGGED ME!! hahah, nah, i don't care, I have 6 months, she has another week... only getting home now, good girl... Copacabana for 1 please!!
All good.
OK, so La Paz was a bit of a nothing blog... Sorry about that... I actually stopped taking notes here, but look out guys, Copacabana is next and then... MACCHU PICCU!!!!!!
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Wk14: The Gap Adventures Familia...
... so when we got to the palace, he gave him a call and arranged for us to be able to view the inside of the palace. We got to visit the grand hall where president Evo Morales greets all his visitors. Unfortunately, we couldn't stay there for long as it was the presidential parade that day and therefore there was plenty more security around. We stayed around Plaza Murillo for the presidential parade and it was absolutely amazing. The marching band, the soldiers, ...
La Paz / Death Road
... Vertrauä und Misstrauä...
Bolivie: unfründlichi Lüüt, absolut nöd hilfsbereit und total desinteressiert a allem, chli Schlaftablettene (wänn mer ines Restaurant chunt, chömeds der nöd vo sich us go d Charte bringe oder chömed dänn mal vo sich us go Bstellig uufnää... i dä Läde ine sinds am schlafe, am ässä oder am Fernsehluege und lönd sich ab dir nöd ablänke... und märte chamer da au nöd, isch irgendwie nüme üblich...
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The Worlds Most Dangerous Road
... as stupid as it all was, it actually helped me conquer a fear of bikes (now that I know you just NEVER touch the front brake) and made me realize that a few bumps and bruises are ok once in awhile. Joel has given me the nickname 'Front Break Bressler' which has been a big hit and even got me laughing when I was in quite a bit of pain. I'm constantly reminded that life is short and sometimes it's good to take some risks, test yourself, and live a little. But don't worry, I won't do it again ...
Death Road
For those of you who don't know what Death Road is (its also called Yungas Road, Coroico Road, or El Camino de la Muerte) they said that around 200-300 people were killed on this road every year (this was previously until they closed the road). You start the trip at almost 4700 metres and at the bottom you are down to just under 1200 it is so different when you get to the bottom because the air is so thick and heavy in part because of the ...



