Gloria Hotel La Paz

... dadurch dass es erst ein Monat vorher geoeffnet wurde, waren nicht gerade viele Leute dort. So. Nachdem wir eingecheckt und gefruehsteuckt hatten, zogen wir unsere Regenjacken an und stapften ein bisschen in den Regenpfuetzen im Zentrum herum (das Wetter hat sich die ganze Zeit nicht geaendert). Wie schon gesagt zogen wir am naechsten Tag ins Loki um, das hiess wiedermal Rucksack packen, auschecken und im Regen zu unserem neuen Hostel zu ...

... my friendship in change of nothing, i can help you out in your stay here in La Paz Bolivia, and if you are planning to stay here for a longer time, i can give you a hand in everything here, my email is: aguirremarco@bolivia.com Bolivia is the nicest place to think about traveling, so do not doubt about email me, bye take ...

... irlandais - seulement 4 francais sont de la partie).
Premier but irlandais - liesse in the pub...
Deuxieme but (pas joli) des francais (qui seront donc qualifies pour la coupe du monde) - on se cache...mais le fair play reste de vigueur...
Couscous ensuite dans un petit bouiboui marrocain tres sympa - et Manuel (l´argentin rencontré la veille nous jouera des chansons argentines pendant de longues heures - du talent ce petit).

Jeudi 19 Novembre

La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia sebou

... as they were selling full on mountain gear such as ice axes and rope etc... you also had to be buzzed into the shop and they accepted credit cards..
Got some thermal trousers as the buses are so cold.

Also in the market got a Alpaca hat - typical Peru or Bolivian style. and a new memory card as my 4GB one is full ...

... Back then the road was in full use as the main byway between La Paz and the Amazon to the north. Nowadays a shiny new road has opened (mostly, there are still some bridge works meaning some traffic still uses the old road) and so it's safer to cycle down. Safer, not safe.

The ride began at around 4,700m above sea level on a dusty windy hill where we rolled out of the minibus. After donning all the safety gear, including knee pads and elbow pads and moto-x style helmets ...

... of fishing and tourism and had some small trout enclosures holding fish upto about 15lbs.
The Islanders created they´re homes as a refuge from the Incas and other warlike tribes. After an intersting reed boat trip between some of the Islands it was time to head back to Puno and hop on a bus bound for Bolivia.
I was able to cross the boarder with almost no hassle and ended up in Copacabana. I had been on the bus with a couple of Frenchies and ...

... Most people understand that there is a right way to lay in a hammock, and all kinds of wrong ways. She didn´t care. She would twist sideways, sit straight up, or even roll over, and she never took no for an answer. Then, every once in a while, she would let out this contented moan that just made me feel so small, and so...so...dirty."

Asked for her reaction to these allegations "Laynni" replied simply:

"Yeeeaaah, I enjoyed the hammock"

... I took it fairly easy on this bit, it was especially unnerving because we had to travel on the right which was the edge side so were basically trying to keep a line about 3 feet from the edge of the cliff. We stopped then at a checkpoint where we had to buy tickets to enter the actual ¨Worlds Most Dangerous Road¨, where they took our names and next of kin etc. Then off we went, this part was much more interesting, narrow gravel road with a combination of tight hair pin ...

... sight having just come from the high plateau in Peru. As we began to descend into la Paz we could see buildings clinging to the side of the canyon, precariously perched and looking as if any moment they might tumble like lego pieces into the valley below. Was I glad we were going to be going down to find accommodation rather than up.

la Paz has become a bit of a party place in recent times, there are several young and hip places you can go, if you like ...