Ritz Apart Hotel La Paz

... the corner. To be fair, we did hear a noise, but the Aussie I was with at the time was overly confident that it was "just a waterfall", leaving us approximately 5 seconds to jump out the way. Another great quote came from the same Aussie after reaching Machu Picchu for the sunrise, having left the hostal in nearby Aguas Calientes at 3am. Picture a beautifully quiet valley, light mist, an impressive array of fauna, and ...

... was to get the guys to drink from a bottle of beer that they had slipped a drug into, so that the women could lead them away and mug them. Thankfully, our local guide Jesus was wise to this common scam, and when he noticed one of the women discreetly calling someone on their cell phone, he knew the group was being targetted to be robbed as they left the club. With that, he got everyone out of there pronto. Ad the group left the ...

... out of town. <br><br>The road was paved, first time in Bolivia...and the best news imaginable. But with the paved road, comes the speed. This amateur was flying up and down mountains into oncoming traffic expecting everything smaller to get out of the way. Bus barely fit in one lane as it was...so 2 lane mountain passes were interesting...especially at birds eye view (which adds in distortion significantly and greatly exaggerates). I had to pull the curtains shut to avoid getting ...

... traffic, lorries and cars used to tumble over the edge of the cliffs that edge the gravel road on a very regular basis. We were so looking forward to biking down the full length of this road and getting the t-shirt at the end that marked our achievement, a total descent of 3,365m over a distance of 64km. <br><br>When we got there we were told that the first 20km was on tarmac and open to general traffic and all downhill!!!!, this allowed us to build up a lot of speed as ...

... usually a fan but it was particularly tasty. Bumped into a lass Zoe we had met a couple of times previously and arranged drinks later. Took a stroll upto a view point for some nice photo´s and had a chat with a local dude who kept going on about Pachamamma after I showed him my cuts on my arm, this I think is something to do with worshipping mother earth, perhaps he was saying I had bad Karma? Went out for several nice beers (again for pain relief!) and Pizza with Zoe and her ...

... das ganze ca. 4 h. die Pausen sind auch nötig, weil man vom ganzen Gebremse schon fast Krämpfe in den Händen bekommt. Am Ende fährt man zu einem kleinen Hotel mit Pool für ein spätes Mittag und etwas Entspannung und dann 3 h im Bus zurück üb** die neue Straße.<br>Abends dann noch ausgehen, nächsten Tag ausruhen und ein wenig üb** die riesigen Märkte ziehen. Eine Besond**heit ist bestimmt das sie getrocknete Lamaembryos v**kaufen, soll irgendwie ...

... Coca museum, describing all aspects, from the chemistry to the history - both use and mis-use of the plant, from the religious context to its healing properties through to it abolishment in certain countries. In typical irony, the biggest user of cocaine is the US even though they wage the greatest war against it.<br><br>We also wandered the handcrafts and the (in)famous witches market, from where you can purchase dried llama foetuses! You´re not sure ...

... for some breathless and heart-pounding walks for some. I haven't really experienced any problems as the rise from Argentina was spread out over a few weeks. The change in elevation means as much as a 10 degree (Celsius) temperature difference within the city. Unlike most places, the higher you go the poorer you are - the wealthy have chosen places low in the valleys to ensure a more comfortable climate. <br><br>Although light on actual ...