La Paz, Bolivia

I have it in my head that I am not going to like La Paz. You read about people being robbed, it’s unsafe and the last time I was here I suffered terribly with the altitude. On a positive, all the girls I met in San Pedro are there and Tricia is sharing a taxi from the hostel to the airport as we are on the same flight. At the airport I run into a couple of other guys I have met on in Sucre so we have a good natter on the flight. Tricia and I share a taxi down from the airport, the driver kindly stopping so we can photograph the panoramic views. There are 2million people living in La Paz and you can see most of their houses spread out in a bowl in front of you, an amazing sight. Ali and I are sharing a room here, and once I have found the hostel I dump my stuff to meet her and Eva at a local tea shop. I love seeing all the Cholitas in their traditional outfits selling produce or running down the road with a bundle tied to their back. We have a chilled afternoon drinking tea before Shivani and Nicole arrive from their tour of the jungle. They are filthy but it doesn’t seem to phase them, they are hungry so we head out for a nice curry earlyish before crashing for the night.