El Alto

At around 5pm, we reached El Alto, a district of La Paz which is almost a city in its own right.

We got stuck in rush hour traffic, but there was plenty to keep us entertained as we admired the 'cholets' on the way.  These are fancy facades put on to ordinary buildings to show off the owner's wealth. They were completely incongruous amongst all the unfinished red brick buildings.Читать далее