The Trip: La Paz

• 24 March 2010 at 21:42
• Traveling

On the way to La Paz, we passed a river by boat. And as there was no bridge, the bus took another boat.

Then, we nearly had an accident, but no.

When we arrived in La Paz, we got welcomed by police who acknowledged us about the different dangers of the town, and even recommended hostels.

We explored the touristic area, of course, with its "witches market" (they are rather nice by the way),

its huge "black market",

its delicious, cheap, multivitamined, fresh juices,

its beautiful monuments. By the way, the cathedral is just by tge presidential palace, whose facade is bullet-riddled!

I visited the National Museum of Art. If the first floor was not very original, the second one shows bolivian modern artworks and explains the evolution of national art. But you can take pictures only of the inside court :(

I also went to the cemetery. Its organisation is just incredible: it looks like coffin buildings, and they are ordered in streets!

We also went to Tiwanaku, the most important pre-columbine of the country. If the site itself is interesting, but not so much, the huge statue exposed in the neighbouring museum, whose carvings are very precise, is impressive. But then again, pictures were not allowed! So you'll get a picture of the Sun Gate.

Since we didn't do the most dangerous road in the world, Ada and Peter did the most spicy curry in the world. It was very, very hard, but they made it!

I tried again to find a gay club, in vain.

I went to the bolivian cinematheque, the boho theater of the town, if not of the country, right in the middle of the south area, the rich aream to see a movie called Zona Sur, about... the rich area of La Paz! It was interesting, even though I didn't understand half of the dialogues.

Also, we wanted to see the "Cholita wrestling", where traditionally dressed andean ladies fight on a ring, but for logistic and ethical reasons, we didn't go.

We hung around for a bit, in an arabic restaurant and an "indie" club... It was nice. La Paz is a town where there is a lot of party and you get a good time there.

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