La Paz

Our time in La Paz was very relaxing. We slept in most days, visited some museums and walked around the city. And of course we saw star wars. We had a rough start, since we asked the taxi driver to drive us to a hostel that costs less than 30 bolivianos, but he just drove us to one of the lonely planet hostels, and those are a lot more expensive. Thankfully we had met some people in Copacabana who we went out with before in Chachapoyas in Peru and they gave us the address of a hostel that was a lot cheaper.

We went to a lot of markets, churches and museums, including the art museum, the metal museum, the costume museum and two museums we don’t know what they were about, but nice to look at. They were part of a ticket for multiple museums.
When we went to see star wars, the advertisement was for star wars in 3d and English, but they only had 2d and despite what the vendor said, it had already started so we missed the first 15 minutes. Still worth it.

In the hostel we met a french/chilenian couple who gave us a whole itinerary for Chile, what to see and where to go. They told us a lot about the country in general and also gave us some food recommendations for when we get there.

We also got a visa extension for Bolivia,since at the border they only give out visas for 30 days and we don’t know how long we are going to be here.

Also, we finally were able to complete booking our flights to and from Japan. Now it is official, we will fly to Tokyo on the 26th of February, stay in Japan until the 14th of march and then fly to the Philippines.

From La Paz we originally planned to go to Santa Cruz, but the road was blocked because of the rain, so we changed our plans and went to Sucre. On the day of our departure there was a strike and some people had taken over the toll station on the road out of the city, but the road was free again when we left.

The departure was another adventure, since the bus was an hour late and when it finally got there everybody was in a hurry and the driver nearly drove away without Max and another gringo, who still had to get their luggage tags. But after Paula got into a screaming match with the driver we all made it onto the bus.

All in all, La Paz is a wonderful city and the people in Bolivia are very nice and helpful, more than the Peruvians. Until now, nobody has called us gringos, at least not in a hateful way, and people are generally happy to see us, even if our Spanish isn’t that good.

We apologize for the late updates, but internet here is generally terrible. ​