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  • Andre & Marcela

    Highest Capital in The World | Feb 05 08'

    by Andre & Marcela a 28 year old female traveling as a couple from Everett, on vacation in La Paz

    The city of La Paz was founded on October 20th, 1548 under the name of La Ciudad de Nuestra Señora de La Paz (The City of Our Lady of Peace). The c... Continue reading »

  • Callum & Claire

    La Paz with a local view | Oct 27 07'

    by Callum & Claire a traveling as a couple from Leeds, on vacation in La Paz

    "Dried Llama foetuses being one of the more exotic objects"

    Our journey to La Paz was not a good one, it wasn't because of the fun ferry crossing with our bus across part of Lake Titicaca, nor the bumpy dust... Continue reading »

  • Nathan & Emma

    Give me a home amongst the gum trees | Sep 20 07'

    by Nathan & Emma a 31 year old male traveling as a couple from Sydney, on vacation in La Paz

    That’s right, gum trees! Em and I were hit with a bit of homesickness on our way into La Paz when we noticed that we were surrounded by gum trees!... Continue reading »

  • Shannyn & Gary

    Banged Up Abroad | Jul 30 08'

    by Shannyn & Gary a traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in La Paz

    "Do you work for the D.E.A. or something?"

    After a brief forray into the wilderness we were back in La Paz for our final two days in Bolivia. We had heard from fellow travellers that you cou... Continue reading »

  • sharwingy

    La Paz and the Moon Valley | Mar 03 06'

    by sharwingy a real traveler, on vacation in La Paz

    Went to the¨"Coca" museum today which was very interesting.  It is a museum which chronicles the "chewing of coca" leaves by the Incas hundreds of... Continue reading »

  • SuzieQ

    Souvenir central | Aug 11 97'

    by SuzieQ a 31 year old female from Niagara Falls, on vacation in La Paz

    "Souvenirs range from conventional panpipes to unconventional dried llama foetuses"

    La Paz is a staunch favourite with those doing a whistlestop tour of Bolivia (although taking less than two weeks would be a bit of a waste). The b... Continue reading »

  • Anni Español

    La Paz | Dec 07 07'

    by Anni Español a 34 year old female from London, on vacation in La Paz

    I was expecting a dirty, chaotic city and it was pretty chaotic but not so dirty and I have to say that I loved La Paz, for the short time I was th... Continue reading »

  • Rich

    Llama foetus and dirt | Oct 27 06'

    by Rich a 29 year old male from Leamington, on vacation in La Paz

    First impression of La Paz was of a sprawling, dirty city.  And that's what it was really.Didn't really take to La Paz.  Partly beca... Continue reading »

  • mt

    bolivia - copacabana, isla del sol, la paz | Oct 18 06'

    by mt a female from Cork, on vacation in La Paz

    "mongo´s where we danced the night away to a mixture of eurythimics, fifty cent and bon jovi fuelled by rocket mojitos!"

    we finally got to bolivia after 3 and a half weeks in peru and went straight out to isla del sol for a night which is another lake titicaca island... Continue reading »

  • alex f

    lazing and shopping in the highest capital city in the world | Jul 29 07'

    by alex f a 31 year old from Cambridge, on vacation in La Paz

    "shopping and chilling in la paz"

    the bus from cochabamba to la paz and was fairly uneventful, although we did see some trucks trying to pullwhat looked like a petrol lorry out of a... Continue reading »

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