How to spend 3 days in La Paz.

After we had the next tedious border crossing from Chile to Bolivia (near Lauca National Park: super beautiful landscape once again) 

- and then one of our tires burst and so we stood an hour in the darkness at the side of the road...

...until that was fixed - we finally arrived at the hostel in La Paz at 11 pm.
Our room at the Hostel Landscape was great. Like a hotel room, only there was a shared bathroom instead of private. And the beds are very comfortable! (I notice that especially after the 60km bike tour - along the 'Death Road'.)

On the first day we explored the city. Here too there are many beautiful buildings like the church/ Iglesia San Francisco

or the houses at Plaza Murillo.

🎈🎈
We also visited the 'Witches Market' (Mercado de los Brujas) and bought two sweaters and a poncho for me.

Twinning 😁💁👗

Alpaca earrings? 😁🐫🐫

Along the way, we also passed Calle Jaen, where many museums are located. 

The houses are also beautifully painted, making the street look very pretty. So we had a coffee for Tommi and lunch for Sarah ☕😉

For the sunset, we took one of the three existing cable cars up the mountain and saw the city and the surrounding mountains sparkle in the dark.

For the next day, we had Valle de la Luna planned. This can be found in other places as well - for example, in San Pedro de Atacama. Since we weren't impressed with the pictures of the park in Chile, we decided to go to the one near La Paz. So we took the minibus (a kind of VW van) there.

Buses work a little differently here than they do back home. They stop everywhere along a certain route (indicated on the windshield) to pick up and drop off passengers. 

So we had to wave to the bus to Mallasa until one stopped that still had empty seats. 🙋 But only about one in ten buses goes to Mallasa, so we stood there for a while trying to wave down the right bus and get it to stop.🙌 Not so easy! 🙍 But it only costs less than 50 cents for a ride, super cheap. 💃🕶

Eventually, we made it to Valle de la Luna. We took the longer route since we wanted to see something for our money - €4 entrance fee per person 😋. The mountains looked like a gigantic mud pie castle. In between, there are Star Wars devices on display (in huge dimensions), which in my opinion somewhat spoil the picture. 

But there were also others who liked it 🙈

Right next door is a shooting range, so our walk was accompanied by constant shooting noises 🔫🔫💣

Because of the altitude and stairs, you could also break a sweat here.

For the last day, we decided to do the Death Road Tour, which was recommended by someone in our hostel, and Tom got interested.. 😐

So:

Next stop: Death Road, Bolivia