We spent several lovely days in La Paz. The city is at nearly 13,000 feet, so we did a lot of huffing and puffing on the hilly streets. On the other hand, we were rewarded with clear, warm, sunny days and cool nights. Airbnb continues to be a total treasure, especially in the cities. We were able to find a 16th floor apartment with three bedrooms and a doorman for $50 a night! That also meant we were in a charming residential neighborhood, so it was not long before we were referring to "our coffee shop" and "the best empanada lady" and so on. Here is the view from the master bedroom of the apartment. As you can see, the city spills up into the mountains.
The coolest feature of La Paz will have to remain secret for now, as Katrina is writing about it for her next Valley News article. She is writing about every two weeks, and we are calling her "Scoop." Here is a link to the piece that ran on Sunday on how you can help win the drug war by eating chocolate.
http://www.vnews.com/cocoa-5230516
Much of our time in La Paz was spent doing completely random things that turned out to be fun. Leah and CJ saw a flyer in a store window for a Star Wars concert. A local orchestra was playing the music from the various Star Wars movies. So we went to that. (We didn't stand out because we were gringos; we stood out because we weren't dressed up as Star Wars characters.) If you look closely, you can see Hans Solo projected on the screen at right.
For reasons that we still do not understand, the concert was in a huge facility that was also hosting a giant trade show, where vendors were selling everything from sports cars to boxer shorts. I bought some of the latter; CJ posed with the sales assistants for the former.
Yes, the tourist sites are fine, but it's often the random adventures that turn out to be the most interesting. We made our way on the overnight bus to Sucre, another attractive city that is fun to wander around. Yesterday there were a large number of locals dressed as zebras who were helping people cross the street. Still haven't figured out what is going on there. I told you this was a random post.
The coolest feature of La Paz will have to remain secret for now, as Katrina is writing about it for her next Valley News article. She is writing about every two weeks, and we are calling her "Scoop." Here is a link to the piece that ran on Sunday on how you can help win the drug war by eating chocolate.
http://www.vnews.com/cocoa-5230516
Much of our time in La Paz was spent doing completely random things that turned out to be fun. Leah and CJ saw a flyer in a store window for a Star Wars concert. A local orchestra was playing the music from the various Star Wars movies. So we went to that. (We didn't stand out because we were gringos; we stood out because we weren't dressed up as Star Wars characters.) If you look closely, you can see Hans Solo projected on the screen at right.
For reasons that we still do not understand, the concert was in a huge facility that was also hosting a giant trade show, where vendors were selling everything from sports cars to boxer shorts. I bought some of the latter; CJ posed with the sales assistants for the former.
Yes, the tourist sites are fine, but it's often the random adventures that turn out to be the most interesting. We made our way on the overnight bus to Sucre, another attractive city that is fun to wander around. Yesterday there were a large number of locals dressed as zebras who were helping people cross the street. Still haven't figured out what is going on there. I told you this was a random post.
i like the line "spills up into the mountains" but even though it looks like everybody is having fun, i am less enamored with the way sex still advertises for certain products--haven't sports car companies heard of how popular zebras are?!
ReplyDeleteps the desert road background reminds me of the atacama...tell scoop i am eating chocolate as i type this.