La Paz

We left Copacabana with Wes and got a bus to La Paz which was a beautiful journey around the lake. The most amusing section was when they made all the passengers get off and cross the lake by boat and they put the entire bus on a dodgey looking barge and chugged it across. It seriously didn´t look like it would make it:

When in La Paz and firmly integrated into our dorm we begun our first crazy night with our fellow roommates. I went to Mongos and another club after that with Nicole from our dorm because everyone else feel asleep! Here are a few pictures from the night:

Matt, me, Jack and Bone:

Jack, Alexa, me, Chris and Matt:

Us with Nadia:

The next day Alexa and I hung out with different groups and we had our slumber party in the evening with Jack (!) The following day we were in a more energetic state so Alexa and I wandered all over the centre. Here are some pictures from the witches market:

Dried llama foetus:

Potions for everything:
We treated ourselves for lunch and had sushi which was excellent and very exciting!
That evening we went out to dinner with Eli, Wes and a random British guy to a "British Curry House" called Star of India. Eli took on the vindaloo challenge in attempt to get a t-shirt, he failed! The vindaloo made us cry with one mouthful but he did eat half. It was the most expensive but funniest meal I´ve had in a while! We had another early night in preparation for our tour the next day.

We signed up to cycle down "the worlds most dangerous road" aka "death road" with a company called Vertigo cycling. Got picked up at 8am and headed up to the highest point in the road which is about 4600m and way up in the clouds. We cycled along tarmac for half hour or so before we joined the death road. It´s called that because it has a 600m drop on the edge with no barriers and its only 3.2m wide. Loads of people used to die on it when it was the only road between La Paz and Coroico. Now it´s only used for cycling and is a pretty adrenaline filled ride. You skid round tight corners next to big crosses marking where people went off the edge. We had excellent guides and equipment though and I didn´t feel in any danger, however, our group was pretty rapid because we had 3 people who knew how to ride properly. You drop down to around 1500m so we went from being freezing cold and wet to sticky and hot in rainforest temperature! Afterwards we were taken for lunch in a hotel before the long, uncomfortable but beautiful journey back to La Paz (along the new road).
Us before we started:

A particularly wet corner:

In the evening, it being Friday and us having survived, we had another good night out. This time we celebrated in the Loki Bar before headed out to an overpriced club called Traffic:

Kerry (who was in our biking group), Alexa, Nick and Eli:

Matt, me, Eli and Bone: