I arrived in La Paz fairly late at night,
and was determined to sleep in for as long as I felt like. The hotel was
located within the midsts of the local ‘witches markets’ where one can find a
herbal concoction for all that ails them, or pick up a dried llama fetus for
good luck…ick.
Some pics…
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| Dried llama fetus..eww |
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| coco products :-) |
I spent most of the day wandering around.
While I was there the miners protests hit La Paz, which meant there was a lot
of traffic disruption and loud noise.
The protests were worst around Estudiante
Plaza, a few blocks from where I was staying. It was surreal to be
sitting in a local eatery watching the news with protesters launching
themselves onto police vehicles and water cannons etc in use. Later in the day
after the protesters dispersed, there were police throughout the city, in their
riot gear, casually standing around chatting. Another one of those 'I'm not in Australia anymore' moments.
When asking one of the locals about the
protests, she told me she had heard someone had thrown a stick of dynamite and
injured four people, very sad.
La Paz itself is an interesting city, it is
around 3800m altitude and built within a canyon. Wandering around it is easy to
see a mass of buildings clinging to the mountains. Quite a pretty view :-)
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