Day 23 - La Paz, Bolivia - 10 April 2012

Day 23 – La Paz, Bolivia – 10 April 2012

We arrived in La Paz at about 6.30am, about an hour and a half ahead of schedule.  Usually this would be fantastic, but since it was an overnight bus, it was not ideal.  We stayed at the bus station for a wee bit and then jumped into a taxi and headed to a hostel, luckily it had some space available. We had not booked any accommodation as our hostel in Sucre had very bad internet (similar to Hostel Maya, where we are now).

When we checked into the hostel, I had a wee snooze as I only got about 5 hours sleep on the bus.  Also I am not feeling the best at the moment, have a case of the number two’s coming constantly and runny.  It is similar to the time I was home for a squash tournament, feeling ok but the number two’s are coming far too frequently.

We went out for lunch to a Mexican place which was nice and fresh.  After lunch we were walking down a street with plenty of market type shops.  We then run into the Aussie who was on our 4x4 tour.  He is in La Paz taking Spanish lessons.  As we were talking to him the Pom on our 4x4 tour walked passed.  We chatted for a while and organised to meet up for dinner tomorrow night.  Crazy that we are seeing everyone on our tour, the world is a small place!

We continued looking around the city for a while, including the Mercado Negro market which we will be visiting again as it has some great bargains!  We then went to the Museo San Francisco which was a very interesting place, including a magnificent city view at the top of the adjoining Cathedral. 

We then went for dinner at a Turkish place just across the road from our hostel.  I only ordered an entree as I was not feeling the greatest but Ann ordered a main meal.  As usual, she did not finish her meal so I helped her out.

La Paz - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Paz
Museo San Francisco - http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bolivia/la-paz/sights/museum/museo-san-francisco
Hostal Maya - http://www.hostalmaya.com/