We touched down in La Paz at around 11:30 pm last night experiencing the first chill of high altitude (3900m) with fog and temps in the low teens (celsius). After a short taxi ride down to 3600m we arrived at our hostal around 1 am to closed doors.... hmmmm... i guess people sleep at this time of the night.After a couple more rings a sleepy bolivian opened the window... yes, we had a room for the night.
Today we slept in until 9 am and started our tour of this high altitude city. Actually, a large portion of the day was spent organizing the rest of our itinerary within Bolivia. We were able to rebook our outbound flights from Cusco, Peru instead of La Paz. This will allow us to visit the famous Inca ruins of Macchu Pichu along with a trek in that area.
However, first things first: We wandered the steep streets of La Paz in the afternoon and enjoyed the livelyness of this city. There are thousands and thousands of people in the streets, traffic is a virtual grid lock, and vendors line the streets trying to sell you items from toilet paper to dried llama foetuses. What a crazy city!We also managed to visit the Coca museum and Ethnicity and Folklore museum. Both provided interesting perspectives, especially the Coca museum, telling the story of Cocain from an exporting countries perspective.
Tomorrow morning we are flying on to Sucre, in the south of the country, the old capital and place of the supreme court. Then we will continue on to Potosì, visiting the silver mines and finally Uyuni where the largest salt lakes/flats await us. More on those destinations as we continue our travels.
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Hey Guys.
Otavalo sounded great. It's cool you found a fello Swiss and that she waited for you. Loyal those Swiss I tell you.
Jamie's funeral was today and it was wonderful. Tim, his brother, gave a heart wrenching and funny speech about his brother. It was beautiful. His Special Forces Unit were just amazing. They carried his casket, did a 21 gun solute, and folded the flag and handed it to Grandma. A very special funeral indeed.
After the funeral Renee went and picked Isaiah up at the nursery. He saw that she was crying and said, "Why are you so sad mommy?" He then waved her to come close and hugged her, patted her on her back, and said, "It's ok mommy." He cheered us both up. What a little man he has become.
We are still going to the Vikings game this weekend, that Jamie was suppose to attend with us. We are going to tape a picture of him to his seat and make signs that tell him we love him and are thinking of him. He will be missed.
I read back a few blogs that there may be some nude pictures available. Please send those our way. We'd be glad to frame them and hang them on the wall. :)
Elizabeth is sitting up now and pushing herself up on all fours. Only a matter of time before she's crawling.
That's all for now. Don't forget to use both sides of that underwear. :)
Justin
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