Exploring La Paz on a quiet Sunday

Breakfast wasn’t until 8.30am, so there was no rush this morning. With nothing open, we sat around chatting. Mark decided to spend the day in the hotel as he was still in a lot of pain. I joined Chris, Mark, Derk, Trudi, Steph, and Marina on a walk around the city.

La Paz sits at an altitude of 4000 metres and is the highest capital city in the world.

We walked down past the witches market, went inside the Basilica of St Francis, crossed the main road and went up to the central plaza, and returned along umbrella street. There were a few small shops and cafés open, but generally, the city was deserted. There were no cars and very few people. It was really bizarre to find a city that is usually so busy be so quiet!Baca lagi