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Titicaca ferry
A leisurely start to our final day in Copacabana; we only got up shortly before 8am. We decided to have breakfast at the hotel’s restaurant so we wouldn’t lose too much time for packing. We ordered...
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Myths and near misses
I remember vivid warnings in guide books about how the temperature plummets as soon as the sun sets when you are at altitude in South America (or anywhere else, I suppose), and it makes good Physics...
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Luxury in La Paz
What a great sleep we all had last night. We took our time having showers and getting ready for breakfast. Breakfast was literally quite a feast. We had a choice between three types of cereal, three...
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Witches’ Market llamas
The only down side of staying in a posh establishment like Hotel Calacoto is that basic things like laundry suddenly enter a whole new price bracket; what we used to pay per kilo of washing now only...
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Walking on the moon
A leisurely morning; breakfast and then down to one of the lavanderias I spotted yesterday. Only they couldn’t return our washing until Monday, by which time we’ll be in Sucre… So we plodded up the...
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Armadillo harp
Up for our final full day in La Paz, and the weather is such a contrast to yesterday’s grey; a clear blue sky instead (as can be seen in the hotel photos below). After breakfast (Ellen has now settled...
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Taxi from hell
We got up around 7am, showered and started gathering bits to pack before breakfast. I later popped out to the supermarket for a baguette to make sandwiches for lunch while Kirsten packed the girls’...
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