Museos Municipales La Paz

After a grueling but aweinspiring 20hr bus ride we arrived in La Paz a 6am this morning. The bus ride was amazing climbing up jungle covered moutains, through and above clouds thus overseeing the white sea they create with a few green islands as the moutian pics tower above. In was magnificent but long. Now were in La Paz today we are ...

... journey from Lake Titicaca. They generally fail to tell you that you have to get off the bus half way, whilst it drives on to the most basic wooden barge you´ve ever seen to cross a river. In the meantime, all the passengers are crammed on to tiny boats that barely float, to make the same crossing. The word "bridge" came to mind but then we´re in Bolivia and money isn´t plentiful, you generally struggle to get ...

... turn it on.<br><br>We start out with a cab ride to a downtown Thai restaurant. Despite my lingering digestive condition, I opt for the Chicken Tikka Masala, which is really nice. The group polishes off several m,ore bottles of local suds and vino, and as we begin to hit our stride, we make for the local dance club called Mongo´s just up the street.<br><br>The place is packed and as the night goes on it gets hotter and smokier ...

... gaat de volgende verandering weer plaatsvinden. Kyra en Ninka starten hun Jungle tocht. Jan Peter en ik gaan ons fietsavontuur starten. In het kort een overzicht van onze indrukken van La Paz.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>La Paz<br> Alles gaat omhoog en omlaag. De stad heeft een hoogte verschil van bijna 500 meter tussen het centrum en de rand.Het uitzicht is op de toppen van de Andes en ...

... We took the temperature sensor with us, and we found a couple of things that could be used to replace it but we found a technician that tested it and said it was now working just find - so we were happy that we were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for the Buell's problems...<br><br> <br><br> On Monday we got the bike all ready to go and we were set to go early Tuesday morning...<br><br> <br>

... and cannot remember any of it! It also turned out they were minor celebrities back home as they showed footage of them on Brasilian TV talking about the upcoming mountain bike trip. Mauro is also a published author and gave us a signed copy of his latest book, of course it´s in Portuguese though so I have no idea what it says! And despite being a fellow mountain bike maniac, Iraldo is president of 4 steel companies and is half way through a law degree, whilst also being ...

... influence of socialism (the newly elected president, Evo Morales &#8211; the first indigenous president &#8211; is a convinced communist), fact is that everybody was proud of being a Bolivian, even we were as tourists. <br><br>Most of northern La Paz is a market that offers everything. It is actually formed of many different, specialized markets, covering every surface available and even crowding the vehicles. You can get 3 DVD for &#8364; 1 containing everything from National ...

... Ist besond**s Nachts sehr beeindruckend.<br>D** Bus (** war auch wirklich billig 1,50&#8364; für eine 3 Stunden Busfahrt) lässt einen dann an einem recht zentralen Platz in La Paz raus, wobei ich bis heute nicht genau weiß wo dies** Platz ist. Ab** d** Taxifahr** wusste wo das Hostel ist und das ist ja auch genug. Im Hostel dann mal wied** alte bekannte getroffen und uns sofort für nächsten Tag für die Death Road v**abredet und gebucht, haben ...

Am Vormittag stand noch relaxen am Programm. Dann noch das Notwendigste Einpacken für den Aufstieg zum High-Camp und den morgigen Gipfeltag.<br><br><br><br><br><br> <br>Um 13:00 Uhr stiegen wir auf bis 5350m. Wir gingen ...

... to them in my broken Spanish - I learned the words ¨He robado¨ very quickly. They were not much help, and neither was I to them I suppose. I continued to run around the terminal, searching for anyone who might be carrying the daysack, I´d been standing in an exposed space, with plenty of exits, and time was against me. That sinking feeling kept getting worse...<br><br>What felt like an eternity later, I started to assess the loss. The biggest casualties ...