Ocean la Paz

Well, I'm back on the road again after more than a year and a half of trying to get settled into life in Denver and taking only a few road trips of up to two weeks in the U.S., trips I decided not to write blogs about. The settled life of a standard 9 to ...

... it was caused by the lack of oxygen (which still was a very scary feeling). What a craziness, right? Anyways, I wanted to leave La Paz. Eventhough the city was very fascinating and worth a lot more of my time, I was feeling very unhappy, wanting to go to ...

... it's time to get rolling again. Off to La Paz for laundry chores and relaxing before our ferry ride on Tuesday. Getting to La Paz around noon we stop near the Malecon to have lunch, check the Internet and call my Mom again. Phone's still working ...

... walls blocked everything so they had no noise at all. That Saturday, we decided to explore some of the beautiful beaches around La Paz that everyone raves about. We hopped in the Jeep and headed out to Playa Tocolote and Playa Balandra. Tocolote is a ...

... . I have just found out the boats go on Thursday or Sunday to Mazatlan so I have some decisions to make! I've pretty bored in la Paz and am looking forward to moving on. It's very quiet here, I haven't met that many people and I haven't connected that ...

... coromuels build.  The coromuels are strong winds that come roaring across the Baja Peninsula from the Pacific Ocean side; typical summer wind pattern for the La Paz area.  Andrew heads for bed and hears a strange, but all too familiar sloshing ...

... do not go well together but here in South America they ignore it) and we were ready to go and explore the city! La Paz is a surprising city growing in a valley and constantly expanding to the mountains in this strange combination between nature and ...

... sits on the Bay of La Paz, adjacent to the Baja Ferries terminal, and is about 4 miles north of the actual town of La Paz.  The location isolates it from town, but they are always willing to shuttle people in if you so desire.  That would make ...

... We also learned that seafood is very expensive as Bolivia is land locked having lost its access to the Pacific Ocean to Chile in the Pacific war. Arriving into La Paz in the evening, we were greeted my a vastly lit valley, it was so much bigger ...

... gateway to the Amazon in Bolivia.  We are flying in on Tuesday and doing an eco-friendly tour in the pampas. Walked around La Paz a bit more and achieved not much.  We found the "witches market" which is really pretty much the same crap that ...

We get an early start back to La Paz this morning, but before leaving Huatajata we spend some time exploring the open-air museum attached to our hotel. There we see llama and alpaca, and even one vicuna. This is also the place where the Limachi family ...

... one of my closest friends, ready-more than ready-to regain this prized piece of my life. Rachel and I discovered that getting to La Paz, close to the tip of Baja California, was no easy feat using an airline with rules as arbitrary as a winning Lotto ...

... and off we go down the road. Mostly flat starlight desert landscape except for a few Curvas Pelligrosas up and over the mountain just before La Paz. Coming down the hills we see the Sea of Cortez again and a large city on the edge of land. Quite the ...

... diving and snorkelling but the sea was too rough to snorkel. I haven't yet been able to snorkel again since I realised I loved it in La Paz!  We walked along the beach and had some lunch whilst watching some of the world cup. We got back in the car and ...

... ocean. I spent my time snorkeling and diving everywhere! Very very nice. Casa Verde Inn is a little, cozy B&B downtown La Paz. A little pool, only three guestrooms and a gentle italian housekeeper. Clean and quiet, great breakfast and good ...

... Bolivia, with vast empty views on one side and the Royal Range of snow-capped mountains on the other. Then you literally Ždrop intoŽ La Paz which sits in a canyon at nearly 4000m above sea level is the highest capital city in the world. On a day ...

... us right to our Casa and we said our thanks and goodbyes. The next day sees us travelling down Baja California to the city of La Paz. Based on our experiences so far, I was surprised when we entered a city big enough to be called a city. Caught by ...

... fun mountain biking and mountain climbing we have failed to mention anything about the ten days we have spent in the crazy capital city of La Paz. The city bus tour was an option one afternoon. An open top bus traveled around the south of the city with an ...

... a lot hotter, or maybe the shocking contrast between the airco building and outside temps of 40C. It had gotten quite hot.    La Paz is a city which at least is trying to have some charm. So we decided to stay a week. We attempted to reach ...

... . Perhaps he was confused by the lunar eclipse. We were rewarded the next morning when three more turtles made the long journey to the ocean's edge. It takes about an hour, with rest stops along the way. We read that only one in 1,000 turtles that hatch ...

... cathedral, Zoe flirting with the guards and admiring the adjacent streets, plazas and churches.  We concluded this 1st visit to La Paz with a curry. A British Indian curry house was recommended in the guide book so off we went. Not a bad ...