Sun, Sea, and Sand-wiches: La Paz

From Copacabana we got a local bus to La Paz. About an hour into the journey we were asked to all get out. At first i thought it was for a police check, which is fairly common, but all the locals walked over to a booth next to the river and got tickets for a boat, we hadnt been told that the journey involved a boat ride so were totally confused!

Approaching La Paz is quite spectacular as the city is surrounded by snow cap mountains, the altitude also hits you straight away. At over 3,600m above sea, everything seems a lot harder to do there.

La Paz is a crazy town - people, traffic and market stalls are everywhere. The food stalls are the best, Tim and I spent most of the first day wandering from stall to stall sampling delights from sausage sandwiches to banana bread. I think I must have over indulged as the next day i didnt feel too great, Tim´s stomach was better than ever, a diet of grease obviously suits him!

We also discovered a tin building which housed rows of little stalls run by women selling steaming tea from proper mugs (we usually get tea cups) and fried egg or advocado sandwiches. Each stall offered something a little different and was dressed up to look like a cute little kitchen or front room as there were paintings and mirrors etc on the pop up walls. It was full of locals and a great place for a sandwich! The 2nd time we went we discovered a great hot drink called Api which was a purple colour with a pale yellow twist (have since found out this was sweetened corn) through it, and tasted of blackberries and apple with a hint of cinnamon...It was yum!

Apart from food, La Paz has some cool sights! We nearly went to San Pedro prison but once we´d got through the main entrance and saw all the nutters staring at us and were then told we should leave our camera in a dark cell we thought maybe we should leave all valuables at home first!