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Bolivia - South America
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Copacabana
Leaving Peru at Yunguyo I arrived in the small Bolivian town of Copacabana (3810 m), where I spent a night at the Imperator Hotel for only two dollars in spite of its imposing name.
Bolivia
Copacabana is on a peninsula jutting out of Peru into Lake Titicaca. The Bolivian end part of the peninsula is isolated from Bolivia which lies of the other side of the straits of Tiquina. For safety considerations, passengers cross from San Pedro to San Pablo on a boat while the bus goes on this makeshift ferry.
La Paz
The road from San Pablo climbs up to 4000 metres on the altiplano before reaching La Paz whose site, in the Choqueyapu canyon, was chosen by the Spaniards in 1548 to take advantage of the more favourable microclimate at the lower altitude, protected from the fierce Andean winds.
La Paz (Plaza San Francisco)
At 3640 metres, La Paz is the highest capital in the world. It takes a while to get acclimatised to the altitude and it is prudent to take it easy when exploring this hilly city so as to avoid "soroche" (altitude sickness).
La Paz (Calle Sagárnaga)
Like in Peru, power and wealth are closely held in the hands a small white minority in Bolivia. The city reflects this reality with the indigenous people living in the colder high areas like El Alto at 4000 meters and the white elite enjoying the milder climate of Sopocachi and Obrajes at only 3140 metres of altitude further down the valley.
La Paz (Calle Santa Cruz)
More than 50 percent of the people in La Paz are indigenous, most of them being Aymara. The remainder are mostly Mestizo as the whites account for less than 20 %.
La Paz (Calle Illampu)
These three photos were taken in the indigenous quarter near the colourful
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