Hi everyone! I’m back today with another super duper awesome blog post for you about our fun time in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. So first of all, we took a plane trip from Cusco to Bolivia and once we got to our hotel, we unpacked our belongings and then walked around the city. We first went to a super cool restaurant that was filled with antiques and I had a beef schnitzel, which tasted amazing. The geography of the city though is very interesting because it’s literally a slope that you have to walk all the way up and then all the way down on, which is kind of stressful to do all the time. It was a fun day though and we were looking forward to spending time here.
The next day, we met up with a guide named Sandro, who would take us on a private tour around the city. We got into a cab with a driver, Ruben, and then we drove to a cable car station, which is the main form of transportation in the city. Once we got in the cable cars, we went up the city and we saw the thriving economy of La Paz. Everyone was enjoying themselves and we saw some weird stuff like fake Dalmatians and a bunch of Sonic the Hedgehog stuffed animals laying on a roof. After that whole tour, we drove to a structure known as the Moon Valley, which is made up of sandstone and covers a lot of ground. It actually looked like the moon there because it was made up of jagged white sandstone and was completely deserted. Our last stop was at the witch market where we saw a bunch of hanging alpaca fetuses. A very pleasant sight to see! We learned a little bit about the history of the religion here and we even got to keep a few charms as souvenirs. We then had lunch in the same place as before and for dinner, we had dinner at an awesome international restaurant with inspiring quotes about travel.
The next day, we walked around the town and we went shopping for props to use in the salt desert. We eventually got a few toys and we also went to a park and got attacked by pigeons! What happened was that yesterday, we went to feed pigeons at a park and the second they saw food in our hands, they attacked us in mobs. So today, they did the same thing and scratched us all over the place. We then went to a fruit market where we bought some fresh fruit and then we had dinner at the same place as yesterday. However, today was our last real luxury day because tomorrow, we are going to the famous salt desert. Wish us luck!