Ok, so apologies again for the delay in updates. Have been in the jungle for the last four days, which will tell you about shortly. We left Copacabana in the early afternoon, after spending the morning breakfasting, relaxing, and wandering around the town (rather small, so didnt take a lot of time!).
Our bus took us to La Paz, which at approximately 4000m above sea level, is amongst the highest cities in the world, and the highest quasi capital city. Not only a colorful and lively city, but a ridiculously steep and hilly one, La Paz is a great place to explore for a day or two. However, with the liveliness come the abundance of polluting cars, the persistent beggars, and the pickpocketers.
Regardless of this, the three of us spent most of the day walking the city, visiting the `old`and `new` quarters. La Paz dwellers are highly religious and spiritual, and not only read people`s fortunes with coca leaves (those used to produce cocaine), but also practice witchcraft! Many streets feature stalls of dried and preserved llama foetuses, and other forms of taxidermny, which can be used in spells etc. Fascinating, but cant say I was tempted to buy!
For dinner, we managed to find a small upstairs restaurant, part Bolivian, part Israeli, whereby the price of food is based on its weight! And so, Mum Dad and I piled up our plates with meats and salads, then took them to be weighed - quite an interesting practice, and it actually seemed to work very well!
The following day, I bid my farewells to my parents at the airport, and watched them head to their plane bound for Chile. As for me, I boarded a plane to Rurrenabaque, in the amazon jungle!
