On this trip I was very keen to volunteer and most of the research I conducted before I left was into volunteering. I did this at Aldea Luna, which was my first stop, and I kinda knew that I wouldn’t have time again in Chile and Argentina due to the amount of places I wanted […]
So yes I had guinea pig, not as part of the tour and I’ll come on to that later. The tour surely counts as my most awkward date ever, although it wasn’t an actual date as I had paid to go on a tour, but the problem was no one else showed up. I suppose […]
I had been interested in taking the extended La Paz Red Cap tour since I took the “free tour” on my first day. It shows you more of La Paz and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays can be combined with Cholita wrestling. For me the verdict was out on this but I felt that my […]
A friend who lives in La Paz said that there was a train, which ran once a month, I could take to visit the Tiwanaku ruins which are around 70km outside La Paz. I was keen to visit as the site predates the Incas and the civilisation came into prominence around 600BC. If you can’t […]
I was heading into zona Sur to get some life admin done when the minibus I was on took a weird route. I looked up and noticed that a huge stage was being erected in the middle of the street in Mallasa. After messaging around I was told that today was the Cholita Paceña Mallasa […]
I had been sent photos of the Pico Austria hike and after reading about it in the guide book I decided it was something that I needed to do. Again without really knowing anything and being a solo traveller I decided to book a guide. This is because the trail is 45km outside of La […]
After reading about hikes in La Paz I was desperate to visit Valle de las Animas. I did find it difficult to find information about how to arrive but it was so close to the city and i could see the trails on maps.me. I asked around and one of the guys working at Colibri […]
You can see the Muela del Diablo looking over La Paz from pretty much anywhere in zona sur of La Paz. I don’t think you can see it from the centre but it’s easy and accessible. It mean Devils Tooth but during my time here I’ve referred to it as Devils Finger, Devils Toe and […]
The Valle del la Luna is just south of La Paz in Mallasa. There are minibuses that run from the centre of La Paz, just look for one that had Mallasa in the window and you can easily combine with a trip to the La Paz Zoo where I am volunteering (combined entrance is 25bs). […]
Day One I had yet another early start and woke up at 6am to be collected around 6:30. The bus was half full off sleepy tourists as it raced around San Pedro. Benny, who i met on the Red Rocks tour a few days before, managed to grab the seat next to me and we […]