Hostal Austria La Paz

8th october 2009

Hostal Austria, la Paz, Bolivia (70 Bs)

lovely and warm in the sun

We are normally very punctual, I would even go so far as to say stupidly early, for departures etc, but the day we left lima breakfast took longer than we anticipated, the traffic was awful, I had some technical problems with my bike and dave's slow puncture needed pumping. So by the time we got to the bus terminal we were well stressed, even though we were right on time. We were charged a...

10th october 2009

Hostal Austria, la Paz, Bolivia

Very warm

We're enjoying being in la Paz, despite the number of kms and altimetres we scale each day just to get from A to B! Up till now we have been doing catch up things, like having laundry done, getting a haircut, (I was desperate) buying long cycling tights and a pair of pliers, and bits and bobs for the bikes. yesterday we met up with Chris (we met him in Montanita and bumped into him again in Guayaquil) and his rid...

So if anyone ever tells you not to go to La Paz, dont listen, and if you ever listen to a word I say, go to La Paz. "The Peace" is an amazing city. Often quoted the highest capital in the world, it is neither the capital nor the highest city, but is so high that you dont need to chew coca leaves to feel that you are floating in the clouds. Itīs nestled in a crater so large that geeks should be making stories about how aliens landed there thousands of years ago. Like many third world citie...

I finished the mine tour in Potosi around 1:30 pm, so I grabbed my backpack from the hostel and walked the 15 minutes downhill to the Bus Station in the hope of finding a bus going to sucre. As I walked into the Station I noticed a bus with "Sucre" on it leaving. I waved at the bus driver and sure enough he stopped and let me on. Great no waiting, sometimes not planing in advance works in your favour. The 3 hour drive to Sucre is a very scenic one, Mountains, Rivers and pretty villages whiz p...

Boring background stuff (Day 1):
Stupid El Dorado bus from Potosi got in to La Paz over two hours early at 05:30 Sunday morning, which was an inconvenient time, considering I had no accommodation booked and the typical one was firmly locked up. The bus itself was grand but the driver turned off the heating and the personal overhead lights, and this was the first cama bus Iīve been on where we havenīt been provided with any blankets, pillows, food or beverages. Still I suppose itīs not bad ...

got to la paz for about 430am, touched lucky with our first choice of hostal, hostal austria. after a little sleep breakfast was on the crads, and it was a bonus we had all managed to meet in the smae hostal, so there was alice jen me corey and ewan. la paz is a good looking city. we admired some of its artisan alleys and shopped a little before heading for the coca museum. that was quite interesting. afterwards we headed for a look our point to catch a glimpse of the mountain illimani at sun...

Make sure to check out Andrea's Travel Blog for more stories and photos of our trip! Going North Due to a national bus strike, we were forced to fly to La Paz north of Sucre. The view from the flight was stunning. La Paz has a unique setting. It's flanked on one side by the Andes Mountains and is situated in one of the many valleys which sinks lower in altitude compared to the alto plano, a very high area of Bolivia which stretches out for half of the country. Because the plateau is very high...

Da er jeg tilbake i La Paz igjen, bor paa det hostellet Elin og Lene bodde paa foer de dro til Brasil omtrent noeyaktig som jeg kom med bussen tilbake... Litt rart aa vaere aleine her, men i en storby er man deilig anonym, dessuten bor det mange trivelige folk paa hostellet. Det er kjoekken der!!! Noe som gjoer alt mye hyggeligere, og billigere!! Foreloepig bare vandrer jeg rundt, drikker kaffe her og der og leser (Litt pensum, litt ikke-pensum). Kjempedeilig. Men har blitt rimelig forkjoela,...