 | Where's all the oxygen gone ??!
2008-07-08, La Paz, Bolivia. By: cbr600f | | OMG, I can't breathe !! Here I am in La Paz, squillions of metres above sea level, actually when I got here I thought, "hey, this isn't so bad" ...but then I started actually walking. Bloody hell.
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 | Dried llama foetus and other delicacies
2008-01-31, La Paz, Bolivia. By: juliac | | We left Copacabana on Thursday morning, to head to La Paz. This involved an interesting river crossing, where we had to get off the bus and get a little launch boat across while the bus crossed the ri... |
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 | Where´d they come from???????
2007-05-18, La Paz, Bolivia. By: rossycaz | | A 3 - 4 hour bus journey yesterday from Copacabana and here we are in La Paz, the governmental capital of Bolivia and the highest capital in the world (3600m) and don´t our lungs know it! We´re stayi... |
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 | WMDR
2007-03-13, La Paz, Bolivia. By: vorn | | la paz is a crazy city where every street is a market. despite that i could not find one cobbler to fix my boots which have had a bit of a blowout, because apparently the soles are too big. surely som... |
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| Culture of La Paz
2007-01-27, La Paz, Bolivia. By: angbaxter | | Ended the tour in Uyuni, and boarded a bus to La Paz, which was supposed to be an 8 hour journey. 13 hours later we arrived. So here we are exploring the city of La Paz and enjoying its indigenous and... |
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 | Death Road
2006-12-03, La Paz, Bolivia. By: lindy | | Well, I decided that it would be a great idea to bike down the most dangerous road in the world today. It actually is, look it up. It´s this crazy road that´s about 45000 meters high and insane. So ... |
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 | La Paz - Santiago
2006-07-31, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mishiva | | At 4am that morning, our phone rang and we lugged out bags in the cold to the central bus terminal in the dark. At 6am, we began our journey through the antiplano towards Arica, Chile. On the way, we ... |
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 | STILL in La Paz
2006-07-30, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mishiva | | “What time do you think it is?” The sun breaking through the curtains stained the room in pale light
“The sun’s out and there are noises from the streets. It’s definitely past 5am!”
“I’m going to ch... |
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 | Tiwanaku
2006-07-29, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mishiva | | We clambered into a minivan and headed out to Tiwanaku; Bolivia’s most prominent archeological site. At Tiwanaku, we visited a couple of museums housing ancient artifacts of the Tiwanaku culture inclu... |
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 | Puno - La Paz
2006-07-28, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mishiva | | We got onto a bus in the early morning bound for Bolivia. The bus made its way East further inland to Huancayo. At the border, we got off to get our exit stamps from Peru and walked across the gates t... |
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 | Floating busses
2006-12-07, La Paz, Bolivia. By: lindy | | I have had a crazy past four days. It started when I decided to hop off the tour last monday for a few days to meet my friend Kristy in Copacabana, Bolivia. I waved down a collectivo on the side of ... |
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 | End of the Road
2006-10-04, La Paz, Bolivia. By: sauntering | | Fuck. This is it. The end of my trip. The stench of rotting garbage, fish and feces awaits me at the Peru-Bolivia border. It seems to reflect how I feel inwardly. I honestly believed I was going ... |
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 | 'B' is for....
2006-09-04, La Paz, Bolivia. By: lyndz | | Bastards, Belize, Bollocks, Bolivia...
Sorry about the language, and apologies in advance if this installment of our journal isn´t anywhere near as humerous and riviting as previous installments, ... |
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 | Crazy City
2006-05-24, La Paz, Bolivia. By: adeboy | | I have to say that I was pretty impressed with La Paz after being prepared by so many horror stories of Kidnappings and robbery.
A really vibrant city, ok pretty noisy and a fair bit of air pollu... |
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 | Top of the World...again!
2006-03-29, La Paz, Bolivia. By: hmakwana | | After Rio, our next stop was Bolivia. We landed in La Paz, the highest capital city in the world, at 3600 metres. The approach into La Paz was a beautiful one, with all the mountains surrounding the c... |
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 | Traveling Trio
2006-04-15, La Paz, Bolivia. By: m_and_j | | It´s been an extraordinary week. We first landed in Arequipa, which is a beautiful, tranquil city in the South of Peru and a nice change from Lima. The taxi drivers don´t seem bent on destroying their... |
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 | The full Bolivia experience!
2006-03-17, La Paz, Bolivia. By: eminperu | | After I left Casa De Bruce I decided to take a bit of a break from Cusco and travel around Bolivia with a few friends. Our first stop was La Paz (capital of bolivia). Spent about a week there, was ple... |
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 | The Witch´s Market
2006-03-20, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mala | | Bolivia is our cheapest destination. The cheapest place to buy crap in Bolivia is the Mercado de Hechiceria. So where are all of your presents from?
We arrived in La Paz ready to shop. In the witch... |
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 | Into the jungle
2005-11-09, La Paz, Bolivia. By: cindysue | | We caught an early morning flight on the military planes that fly into Rurrenbaque. The scenery was amazing, as we flew from the Andes into the Amazon basin. It was an absolute pleasure to step out o... |
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 | Leaving Loco Bolivia
2005-11-01, La Paz, Bolivia. By: incaqueen | | After the miraculous lost-and-found story of my passport in Bolivia, I knew it was time to bid Bolivia farewell. Replacing my Canon Ixus 700 for the 3rd time(yes, it's true), Senor Rudy from my hosta... |
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 | Cycle down the World's Most Dangerous Road!
2005-11-08, La Paz, Bolivia. By: cindysue | | Well, if there was ever a ride that was going to get me back on a bike, this was it! There is a road that runs from above La Paz to Corioco - 20 km of it is tarred and the rest (40km) is a single lane... |
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 | 360degrees of danger in Bolivia
2005-10-30, La Paz, Bolivia. By: incaqueen | | Crossing the border from Peru into Bolivia on 16 October 2005, everything felt beautiful and tranquil around me as I ate the famous fresh and delicious trucha(trout) during a lunch stop at Copacabana ... |
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 | The Worlds Most Dangerous Road
2005-09-08, La Paz, Bolivia. By: fosscore | | La Paz, The Worlds Most Dangerous Road (WMDR)
4800m to 1800m over 64km on a Kona Mountain Bike with no guard rails and sheer drops of 400-900m...
So you ask yourself why in the heck would we want ... |
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| La Paz
2005-09-06, La Paz, Bolivia. By: fosscore | | A very scenic bus ride to La Paz was our reward for that horrible night´s sleep in Copa. High, snow-covered peaks, great views of the lake and open fields for miles dotted with mud brick houses. At ... |
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 | Pacena - es cerveza
2005-08-07, La Paz, Bolivia. By: jenandmark | | We left Copa on the Sunday after a big breafast in the hotel and a suprisingly good glass of papya juice with milk. The bus ride was the first where we found our bags perched on the roof above us. N... |
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 | My last day In Bolivia
2005-08-10, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mynewlife | | Today is my last day in Bolivia as I embark towards Ecuador.. sorry I havent put pics but I didnt find the cable to upload them I will soon though in Ecuador..I pray everything goes well in my journey... |
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| New lesson on the way I see life
2005-08-04, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mynewlife | | Sometimes we head to the wrong road, and we think we are in the right road because of our obstinate selves. But God and life sends us reminders that we must get back, to the road in which we are ourse... |
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| New waysof seeing life
2005-08-03, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mynewlife | | I have seen a lot here in my travels, Good and bad people as I may not intend to judge for only God can judge each one. So sometimes when we see the ¨bad¨people we feel bad inside, but we must not hes... |
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 | The Lakes
2005-05-14, La Paz, Bolivia. By: minesh | | Well its been ages since I have updated the journal, I guess keeping in touch is hard whether your traveling or working…anyway, I have to apologize for keeping it brief, I don’t want to bore any of yo... |
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| Review of life
2005-07-28, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mynewlife | | Today I thought about my whole life, from my childhood to now and came to a lot of conclusions. First I must make wiser decisions in my life, so I have a lot of tools that will help me achieve this. S... |
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| Six stories
2005-07-27, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mynewlife | | Well one of my friends asked for 6 stories so I will tell 3 and then personally say the other stories in person.. :)
1)When I came back to La pAz I met my friends here from 1st grade and we stayed... |
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| Travel, travel, travel
2005-07-18, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mynewlife | | I have traveled more than 3 cities in the last week and frankly I am tired. I hope everyone is doing well and I will post more pics up soon. I could tell you at least 6 stories of things that have hap... |
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| I am back in the city a different mind
2005-07-12, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mynewlife | | Its been a long trip, 15 days and i FEEL i HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM MY STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. tODAY i WILL START A NEW MIND ATTITUDE WHICH WILL HELP ME REACH MY BROADER GOALS. The biggest lesson I h... |
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 | The Road of Death, Mwah ha ha ha
2005-06-22, La Paz, Bolivia. By: bleschu | | Well I´ve finally been there, got the t-shirt... and a nice big hole in my arm to match the one on my chin. Hmm... I think I should stay away from bikes for a while..
For those who don´t know the ... |
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 | Whoever said i was a slow traveller?
2005-06-20, La Paz, Bolivia. By: bleschu | | hola
I left Inti Wara Yassi on Tuesday after lots of sad farewells to monkeys and people... 2 farewell dinners and the superhero party was fabby!
I then managed to spend 4 nights in Santa Cruz ... |
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| Still in La Paz, landlocked for now
2005-05-29, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mynewlife | | MY expriences the last days have been very controversial. There are many manifestations here as the people are rising against the government. They have blockaded every way out of this country so I am ... |
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| I decided to travel again
2005-05-29, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mynewlife | | I decided to go back on the road again. I will start researching where to tomorrow. I want to go around south america before my trip to USA. I have about 2 months so I have to start traveling soon if ... |
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| Today is the first day of my life
2005-05-27, La Paz, Bolivia. By: mynewlife | | Today was a great day for me , a God given day. I felt so much better as I understood and had a plan while I was here. I will develop the travelwebsite, then I will travel back to the states to study ... |
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