Right now, I am sitting in an "Alexander Coffee", which is equivalent to an American Starbucks. A few minutes ago, a Backstreet Boys music video started to play on the TV. I started laughing and immediately thought of my sister's (Kate) old obsession with them. That is what reminded me to write this blog post.
I arrived in La Paz almost 4 days ago now. It feels like I have been in the city for longer than that because I have done so much in really just 3 days. Thursday, I arrived very early (around 5 am) after a flight that went through the night. Needless to say I was pretty exhausted on Thursday and slept much of the day. I have had headaches from the altitude, but thats about it. (That's really good considering I am at 11,000 ft!) After sleeping most of the day, I went to a coffee shop for internet connection then went to the supermarket. Then, I really felt the altitude. So I went and slept more!!
On Friday, I woke up feeling great. So, I went with one of my professors on a walking tour around the city. It was beautiful. We went to essentially this garden that was on a hill. This garden was more like an oasis because there were no cars, street vendors, etc. (Of course I forgot my camera) It had breathtaking views. It's pretty much indescribable. Then we wandered some more. La Paz is essentially built in a valley between mountains. However, The valley is very, very steep. Pretty much any and every where that we go, you are walking up and down. However, there is 0 humidity so your sweat is always evaporated.
Well there were a lot more adventures on Saturday, including visiting Zona Sur and la Larga Noche de Museos. Both of these were so cool that it would take way to much time to describe. Well that is it for now!
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