La Paz gives me the poos

We left Copacabana on a bus for La Paz which was 5 hours to cover 160km. We did get a ride across Lake Titicaca on a punt watching our bus on another which was kinda cool. The entry towards La Paz was a bit daunting through dirt streets, and lots of poverty but that was just El Alto, a city above La Paz itself. Once we got through that, the views of the city were simply spellbinding, Pity that view was the only highlight of our time in La Paz.

We had a bit of a walk around the city but there was not much on offer, the coca museum was interesting and the witches market was smelly and disturbing with all its llama foetus´on display. Apparently you bury one under the cornerstone of a new building for good luck - they just grossed us out a bit.

It only took us half a day to see the highlights of town and we were wondering what we would do for the rest of our time there before our flights to Buenos Aires.

Cool Bus - La Paz

La Paz Street

As luck would have it, the next morning Andy fell ill with some salmonela and spent the entire day with his head and backside on the toilet fulfilling one of Cath´s fears of one of us getting sick in Bolivia. Cath had to call for a doctor which was daunting as the Lonely Planet guide says "In a medical emergency, don´t go to the hospitals..." The doctor, who was actually quite good and recommended by the hotel, gave Andy a needle which stopped him vomiting and promised that we´d be fine to fly the next morning. He even returned to check up on him late last night just to see how he was faring. Amazingly, with some antibiotics, plenty of water and a small amount of food, Andy is feeling much better today ... and we´ve made it to Buenos Aires.

Tomorrow is a new day and Andy is set to have his first meal in two days tonight so its all looking up from here. Despite it raining here, the city looks quite interesting with lots to see and do. There are also plenty of parks for us to laze about in till Andy fully recovers.

The other good news that we got was that our unit will settle on the 18th of May so we will have a new house to come home to after all!!!

Cath & Andy.

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Cath & Andy on May 4, 2007 from La Paz, Bolivia

from the travel blog: A journey to the alter and South America

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