After about 3 weeks in Peru, we finally made it to the boarder of Bolivia. What a fiasco that was! Me and the other American had to obtain visas, while the rest of the group basically just got their passports stamped. It was like a bad movie, the boarder guards took us back through 4 different rooms, locking doors and everything - pretty interesting. The worst part was that we had to pay for our visas, but I was expecting to have to anyways, so it really wasnt a big deal. After finally clearing the boarder we hopped back on the bus and headed off... but it wasnt that simple because our bus driver accidentally hit a food stand and knocked over all the food. We sped off with angry locals chasing the bus.... always interesting! haha!
We made it into La Paz late in the evening and prepared for our early departure to DEATH ROAD for the next day. Death Road is some crazy road right outside of La Paz that people bike down for fun. The road decents over 3000 meters (about 9500 ft) in a short period of time and supposidly people die more often on that road than anywhere else in the world (most in cars though). The ride was great and really fast, we went with a guide who does the trek virtually everyday, so we were in good hands. Though I have to say that we had 5 or 6 semi-serious crashes in our group. Luckily no one went off the edge or broke anything. I kept thinking that Chad (my bro) would have really loved the ride - it was fast, the scenery was awesome and pretty dangerous. After arriving at the bottom after an all day ride we grabbed a couple victory cervezas and headed to a hotel where we had a great feast and took a dip in their picturesque pool. We then made the long bus ride back up death road (almost as interesting as the way down). Of course on the way back to La Paz we got a flat tire to make the day last even longer... only in Bolivia.
Today, I have been bumming around La Paz - we visited the Witches Market and the Coca Museum and had a tasty lunch. Everything is soooo cheap here. It is great!
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