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La Paz (3640m) is a damn cool place.The city centre is at the bottom of a steep valley, with all the surrounding districts climbing steeply up the sides and out on to the plateau above.The streets are chaotic and the buildings are held together with bits of tape and elastic bands, more reminiscent of parts of Delhi than of anywhere else we've been in Latin America.The city centre is just one sprawling market place, and it's easily the best place to buy all the usual alpaca wool stuff that's all over South America, since the selection in La Paz is massive and the prices are rock bottom.We were staying in the Rosario district, where all of the best shops seemed to be, including a bunch of witch's stalls selling all things shamanic, such as dried llama foetuses - apparently they are good luck.
We stayed in a proper hotel while we were there, with a nice private bathroom, cable TV, free WiFi and a desk, and breakfast included.There were cheaper places to stay in La Paz but it was all worth it as we had lots to sort out - we were both trying to finalise our plans for volunteering, and I also handed in an application for a job in Oz that took a couple of days to write.We ate great food whilst we were there.La Paz has just about every cuisine imaginable on offer, and we tucked into some great Lebanese, Indian and Thai food, including dinner at a British-owned Indian restaurant.The curries were far from authentic, but it was nice to be ordering things like popadums and nam bread again.
From La Paz we headed up to Rurrenabaque, to explore the Amazon, and returned to stay another two days before heading South to Cochabamba.
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