After the Bolivia border crossing we headed to La Paz, which to me seemed more like the capital of Bolivia than the actual capital, Sucre! La Paz reminded me a little bit of Quito in Ecuador, a really big and busy city, with lots of pollution - basically a concrete jungle and pick pocket central! One funny thing I’d heard about in Bolivia is that they try to control the traffic in most city’s by getting people to dress up as zebras and act as traffic wardens! Not sure this would work the same in England! I managed to get quite a good photo of this which is shown below!
I was staying near the witches market and about 10 minutes from the main square. The area was filled with loads of great cafes, a particular favourite of mine being ‘Del Mundo’ which was a Swedish cafe. I actually went there 3 times the 4 days I was in La Paz!! Whooops! The witches market was interesting but also slightly odd... the sight of dead bay lama carcasses hanging from the entrance of the shops was a bit too much for me!!
One day I did a walking tour around the city which gave me a little more information about the history of La Paz and took us around all the great spots for street art. I also got a cable car to the top of the city which gave you amazing views of downtown - it also put into perspective how big the city really was!
The night life in La Paz was also good fun, again we went out to celebrate a friends birthday! Sadly on my last night in La Paz I got quite unwell, I’d been quite lucky that I’d lasted this long actually! The night bus to Sucre wasn’t fun at all.
When I got to Sucre I saw a doctor and after getting some antibiotics and being given strict instructions to rest, not drink alcohol and to eat a plain diet it’s no surprise I didn’t do a huge amount in the time I was there! It also wasn’t a big town which is why La Paz seemed more like the capital.
After Sucre we went to Potosi which is where I stayed for 2 nights which really was 2 nights too many! It was a struggle trying to find a restaurant where you wanted to eat so it was slightly convenient I wasn’t well! It was a really small typical Bolivian town which didn’t cater for tourists at all. It was the last major town before heading to the Salt Flats but many travellers don’t tend to stop here because of its remoteness!
My next post will be all about the desert crossing across Bolivia into Chile (the salt flat tour!)
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