Finally made it to Oruro. Due to a protest in La Paz, a 3-hour trip turned into a 7-hour schlep. The folks in El Alto are notorious for their protests. Unexpected obstacles are just part of the fun of travel. Today “we” put our bikes together. Mine was in many pieces in order to getContinue reading “Oruro”
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Cholitas Lindas
“We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves…” Pico Iyer Week two: check. This week I’ve been spending time up in El Alto. El Alto is the city above La Paz. It’s where the airport is located and it’s only slightly smaller than La Paz in population. It is almost all Aymara.Continue reading “Cholitas Lindas”