La Paz, Bolivia

Despite all the bad things we heard about La Paz, we really enjoyed it. The food was good (except for the food poisoning), the people were friendly, and the views of the city were really breathtaking, literally! (La Paz is at 3600 m). We spent our time joined at the hip with a very lovely and friendly Australian named Megan, it was lots of fun to explore La Paz together. Especially since we didn't have to worry about her running off with our camera, we could have more pictures of the two of us.



Unfortunately while we were there carnival was cancelled due to thousands of people losing their homes in a landslide. However, the water bombs, super soakers and drive by foam shots directed at tourists still continued unabated. It wasn't as bad as Uyuni, but still very annoying especially when it is only 15oC outside.

Locals were really friendly and seemed really interested in us. Some of them were making a film and even asked us to join in. They really enjoyed watching us "dance". Others struck up a conversation with us at the bus station and asked us if we had any kids, then looked very sad when we did not.

The alpaca sweaters are a dime a dozen, the llama fetuses smell funny, and maybe one day we will come back.