La Paz
Trip Start
Jul 05, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 24, 2007
La Paz,
Bolivia
Friday, August 31, 2007
La Paz is huge and bustling. It reminds me of why I left London. I was amazed to find that they have electricity and running water here though. It's more advanced than Scotland. We had a slightly embarrssing experience on the first day when we got a bit lost and decided tp jump into a taxi.
"Plaza del estudiante" said Tom.
After much gesticulating and Spanish from the driver we realised that we were in fact already in the Plaza
La Paz Cathedral
. If I hadn't already been bright red from sunburn, I'd have turned bright red.Kareoke is huge in La Paz. It's different to England though. You don't go up on stage. In La Paz, a waiter brings the microphone to your table. Tom and I made the horrific mistake of wandering into one of these establishments. This was followed by an even more horrific mistake when the waiter handed me the microphone just as the into to Wham!'s "Wake me up before you go-go" was starting up. I tried desperately to explain that they had got the wrong guy, but my Spanish wasn't up to it. In the end it was easier to sing (for "sing" read "howl") my way out of trouble. Many people may think that Wham! need murdering. I did my best.
The birthday routine in La Paz is also different to England. A guy at another table was having a birthday party. The waiters sang "happy birthday" in Spanish and brought out a cake. But instead of cutting the cake, the waiter shoved it in the guy's face custard-pie style. Thank god Ray from LA wasn't with me.
