Entries from 'la paz'

Day 288

Today we organised our bus out of La Paz for tomorrow night and then went to check out the front gates of the infamous San Pedro Prison. Surprisingly there is a really nice plaza right in front of the prison where you can sit and watch the families come and go, as well as watch…

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Day 285

Mercado de Hechiceria, Mercado de las Brujas, or better known in english as The Witches’ Market. This small street in La Paz is home to a hand full of small markets shops selling all kinds of bizzare items including dried frogs used for Aymara rituals, soapstone figurines, aphrodisiac formulas, owl feathers, dried turtles and snakes, herbs, and folk remedies,…

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