Entering Bolivia was exciting. When we entered the salt flats our passport details were taken down and we were asked to get our visas in Uyuni town. When we go to the immigration office, the very nice officer told us they only had 2 visa stickers left! Yannick was to travel illegally till we reached La Paz which was more than a few days away!!
Sucre or the White city, is the official capital of Bolivia but since La Paz is the seat of Govt, it works out very well for Sucre. The city is Spanish in its architecture so it is full of arches and colonial style buildings. The food is fantastic. We ate the mondongo a pork steak with a spicy Portuguese style red sauce, the saltaenas which are basically baked empanadas are great and the fruit juices fantastic.
We hung around Sucre for a couple of days before taking the bus to La Paz.
La Paz is a stunning city. It is set on the walls on the valley so in the night the walls of the valley lights up and looks like a beautiful piece of jewelry. The setting is stunning!! The local people will tell you that the best way to get to the centre is to throw a ball from anywhere and just follow it all the way down. La paz is a surprisingly crowded city for a population of 1.5 million people.
We were staying with friends so we decided to chill out a little. Bolivia is cheap and the food great. Tukumanas, the Bolivian equivalent of the fried empanada was fantastic, as were the almuerzo, or plato completo. This is a set meal that includes a soup, a main course and sometimes a desert, and a refresco which is water flavoured with pieces of fresh fruit, all for 1 to 3 $’s. Friends from the Uyuni trip were in La Paz with us so we decided to do the Amazon together.
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