Hola Bolivia! La Paz and Sucre

After an eventful border crossing from Peru to Bolivia - where I was arguing in spanish with the immigration lady in Bolivia who said I had to have a visa because Im Chinese, and ended up having to pay 40usd to the Peruvian immigration officer to get a stamp in my British passport - we then took a bus from the border to La Paz. The bus couldn’t go through the detour because it was too heavy so we had to get on and off and on the bus twice!

Eventually got to La Paz and had a full day the next day to explore. A few of us went on the cable cars and then to the mini Valley of the Moon which was a bit of a waste of time! The views from the cable car were lovely. And at one point near the top of one of the peaks was a car that had fallen off the edge and had been wedged between one of the rocks. We also learnt that it’s a common practice for people to make human sacrifices - they would invite drunk people off the street to their houses and then push them in a ditch and cover them in cement, burying them alive (!?!). They do this to bring good luck to them... (PK and Alistair went to do the death road mountain biking).

Now in Sucre after a short flight. And enjoying the view at La Recoleta on the hill overlooking the capital of Bolivia. Really nice sunny weather. Alison, Alistair, Paul, Kike and myself walked up here. We’ll go down to the liberty museum later and then onto another ‘f-ing market’ haha.Read more