La Paz - the highest capital city in the world

La Paz is probably in the most unique location of any capital city. Not only is it situated thousands of metres up, in the clouds, it´s also in this really steep valley… so steep that it immediately questions whether Dunedin´s Baldwin Street is really the steepest street in the world. It´s probably likely that the Guinness Book of Records officials didn´t bother heading to Bolivia. Anyhow… apart from the air pollution, it´s a really pleasant capital with quite a bit to see and lots to do. Jake and Lou headed out to the valley of the moon and managed to ride down the aptly named Death Road, while Erin and Che spent turns testing the flush mechanism on the toilets in the hostal. By the end of our few days in La Paz we even managed to scope out a really mean Japanese restaurant, which was a great reward after our acrobatics around the toilet the previous 24 hours. The next day we decided to head to Copocabana, accompanied by our sushi-imposed stretch marks.



The view from our window one morning in La Paz - the snow really freshened things up.



La Paz´s wiring is a New Zealand electrician´s nightmare...