Radisson Plaza La Paz

... girl next to me semi-jokingly asked if I was a goth that I realised I still had black eyes and a white face from the night before, did someone say first impressions? Anyway, Machu Picchu was genuinely awesome, as was the mountain biking, jungle trek, and walk up the railway track that it took to get there. Stupidly, we all thought the railway was disused so were somewhat surprised when a bright blue train steamed ...

... to the real thing) were shoulder to shoulder with some of La Paz´s hearttiest party people. As the story goes, a cadre of 3 local females descended on the men in the group, chatting them up and asking for information like what hotel they were in, what their telephone numbers were, etc. The women proceeded to dance and make out with a few of the party (no names Fraser, Dave), though it would become apparent that their real ...

Bus ride here was the best yet. Was a 13 hour. We bought the tickets at an Adventure Tour place (and turns out to be one of best adventure tours yet). Sprang for the cama, so first time we got 180 degree reclining leather seats. We reserved the front seats in the panoramic 2nd story of the bus. Worst idea to date. <br><br>Left at night, and found out 10 minutes in that this bus driver either was overconfident or drunk. He actually ran into a residential apartment building on our ...

... beneath us spralled the city, it was amazing and nothing like we´d seen so far.<br><br>La Paz has plenty of hustle and bustle, more than any other city we´ve visited so far, lots and lots of street traders and the little cubicles used to house cash machines contain at least 3 people trying to catch a good nights sleep!!!<br><br>Our first full day in La Paz was spent Mountain Biking down Bolivia´s world famous death road, so called because when the road was fully open ...

... as hiking up to the bus station would be no fun. The bus ride to Copocabana on Lake Titikaka (still Bolivia) was a cruisy 4 hours including a short ferry ride aross the lake. The lake is one of the highest at 3600m, and certainly the biggest in South America. When we arrived at midday it was warm and sunny as usual and we found a hotel fairly sharpish, chose a room on the 1st floor this time, we had enough exercise in La Paz. Sampled some of the famous local trout for lunch ...

... deutlichen Unt**schied oben fri**en unten schwitzen. So die **sten 1300 Höhenmet** sind Asphalt also wenig spannend ab** dafür um so rasant** und dann beginnt d** eigentlich spannende Schott**teil. Je nach dem wie schnell man fährt ist es dann entwed** haarsträubend spannend od** eh** ein entspannt** Ausflug mit Aussicht. An den wirklich gefährlichen Stellen bremsen einen die Guides einen ab** auch ein wenig aus. In Summe mit vielen Pausen dau ...

... travel documentation, USB memory cards (for digital photos - thankfully no cameras were lost) and a new rucksack were amongst the things we shopped for in order to replace. No new laptop here though.<br><br>Despite this rather depairing segment so far, I knew it was in our best interests to try and continue to have a holiday through all this mess. So we set out to explore La Paz whenever and wherever we could.<br><br>We encountered a really ...

My high excursions continue as I arrive in La Paz, the highest capital city in the world. Although the published height of the city is 3660m, that's only the average elevation. The city lies in a kind of bowl with the downtown and main artery following the canyon near the bottom. The actual elevation stretches from about 3000m to a lofty 4000m with buildings tumbling over the edge of the bowl. Needless to say, the hills and elevation ...