After an amazing 40 minute flight to La Paz...seeing Bolivia from the air is something spectacular, we arrived from El Alto into La Paz. The journey from El Alto into La Paz is something everyone visiting Bolivia needs to experience. The city literally looks like it is spilling onto itself from the valley it is built in. Unlike Sucre, La Paz definitely isn't a beautiful city but it certainly is an amazing one. This is what I love about South America. Every major city we've been to is so completely different to the next. After a few days of exploring the wonders of the city I booked a slot on a tour of Death Road...while Mitch booked a round of golf in the world's highest golf course.
Death Road was pretty awesome...I think I was quite lucky because it was such a clear day (apparently it gets quite foggy!) but this also made it a lot more scary! The drops were way too clear to see for my liking...but definitely worth doing! Meanwhile Mitch had an awesome day golfing with his first caddie ever and hitting the green on all the Par 3's. But by about the 14th hole he was ready to collapse - the alltitude is great for hitting a good ball but not so good for trekking large distances! We both came home with smiles on our faces that evening. With an unreal craving for a curry since we've set foot on this continent we were more than delighted to find a "British/Indian Curryhouse" where we treated ourselves to some onion bhajis, naan bread, rogan josh, jalfrezi and some cold beers. It went down like a treat. After 4 glorious days in La Paz (and several weeks in high altitude) we crossed our fingers and hopped on another bus to hit the Bolivian jungle...looking forward to the heat!!(pic 1: mitch playing golf; pic 2: sharon at the witch's market)
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