Passing through La Paz
Passing through La Paz #OliviaInBolivia In my country Hear Ye, Hear Ye, thine Queen hath spoketh. We went to visit my people, although they spelt Olivia wrong, what’s with the B? We landed in El Alto, a City on the outskirts of La Paz, at the top of the mountains before we descended into the City Centre (a mere 3,600m above sea level). Whereupon we met our host who chuckled at the name Olivia, before declaring it to be a beautiful name. La Montana and the Market starting to clear The high altitude and 3 rd floor apartment with huge windows gave beautiful views of the mountains and their stunning sunrises (for Andrew) and sunsets (for both of us). The scenery around La Paz and Bolivia in general is truly breath-taking. First steps on the moon Our apartment was right in the heart of the city and on the weekends the normal street market exploded into a grand bazaar of a street market. With various vegetables sold, fruit, raw fish and meat (unrefri