La Paz

Sorry, on the last entry I meant the boat back to Copacobana.

Anyway we got back about 1030 and had our bus booked to La Paz for 1.30. Checked in the office at five to one to be told the bus was leabing in 5 mins, rushed back to get Rach and we jumped on the bus just in time. Then in true South American style the bus stayed put, fully loaded until 1.45?

Three and a half hours of easy roads to La PAz, only one road block outside a petrol station on the way, which the driver successfully avoided by going the back way through the village round the petrol station.

However when we got to La Paz the driver kept on stopping in radom places and asking if anybody wanted to get off. Of course we all wanted to get off at the bus station, but oh no in the end he just drove us into the centre of town. We were proper lost until we saw a mate´s head apear in the bus window and we hammered on the glass to get his attention and get him to help us to a hostel.

Spent a couple of days here, nice city, great bars and food although we are still a bit wary of all the strangle-muggings we keep on hearing about (the grab you and strangle you till you pass out then nick everything}. One couple then said that they flagged down a taxi when they cam round who must have been in on the scam cos the same guys then jumped in and took them out of town to drop off. Bloody hell i´d have been a bit scared but it was their own fault a bit by walking throuhg the centre of town at 4am drunk - Rach and I only go home after dark if we are with at least another 2 people!

Nothing much else to say about here, saw a way over the top political rally and wandered around the town centre. It looks pretty western (There is a Ritz hotel, $60 per night for a suite, I asked) which was a nice surprise, although they do like their karaoke here, there is a bar next to our rubbish hostel where you can hear the crooning going through until the early hours