El Alto and Cholita Wrestling

We finally got the chance to ride La Paz's teleferico (their form of public transport due to the topography of the city) and were treated with awesome views of La Paz from above. We stopped in at the Central Cemetery of La Paz where bodies are stored in vaults for a maximum of 10 years before being returned to the families (due to overcrowding). We continued up to El Alto, which is the 2nd largest city in Bolivia and located directly adjacent to La Paz. The famous El Alto Market was on, which is a local market and the biggest in Bolivia (stretching over 5km). We saw everything you could think of for sale here, including car parts, electronics and phones, food, clothing and building materials. After the markets, we made our way to a Cholita Wrestling show, which we had been looking forward to since we started planning our trip. The show was very over the top, but we enjoyed ourselves and had a lot of fun.Read more