La Paz - day 1

After bumpy ride we arrived at 6 in the morning to chaotic La Paz. We prebooked early check in and could immediately get to the room to sleep a bit and have breakfast. On Sundays most of the shops and markets are closed so we decided to walk around, check different tour agencies (for day trips from La Paz, Amazonas tours and border crossing to Peru) and buy some souvenirs. The situation in Peru improved a lot but unfortunately the most common border crossing place ~ lake Titicaca is still very dangerous area. All the people suggested we either fly or go by bus over Chile 😅. Before deciding what we gonna do we explored the city. Went to the main square Plaza Murillo, saw Basilica San Francisco, bought some things in famous witch market (Calle de las Brujas) and walked around Jaen street with street art museum and colour houses. We were quite tired and with every step we felt the altitude ~ the downtown is located in elevation of 3600 m and upper town El Alto in 4100m. The best thing to do in La Paz is to observe the town from the cable car. Each line cost 3bs and if you transfer to next line it’s only 2bs, we paid in total 14bs (2€) per person for our 3 hours long cable car adventure 😁🤣. Later in our accommodation we made some calculations and found out following things: Option 1) Amazon tour for 5 days would cost us around 500€ per person with transportation from and to La Paz plus we would still need to buy flights to Lima (around 250€ per person) to get home 😅, option 2) fly next Wednesday to Cusco for 400€ per person and then spent week there and fly to Lima (national flights are very cheap even last minute), option 3) avoid expensive flight and dangerous border crossings and go by bus to Arica, northernmost city of Chile right next to Peru. From Arica it is safe to cross the border and continue by bus to Arequipa. In the next days you will find out what we will do 😁😉. In the evening our friends we meet in Uyuni arrived to La Paz and we went together for dinner.Baca selengkapnya