Wendy

It was really nice to wake up in « our own » apartment this morning in La Paz. 

Everyone had had a good night’s sleep, the sun was streaming through the windows and our view of the teleferico, the brick buildings climbing uphill and the snowcapped mountains was almost surrealistic. 

Today we took the yellow teleferico up to El Alto (Bolivia’s second biggest city before La Paz which is third). The view over La Paz was incredible. We walked to the largest food market I have ever seen (apparently 15 city blocks) where we wandered from stall to stall and Alexis made friends with the lovely, diminutive, female vegetable vendors who giggled and grinned gold-toothed smiles as they saw our giant approaching.

We then took the teleferico down to the end of the green line effectively crossing the entire city by sky. So interesting to see the different topographies, neighborhoods and how people live from above. 


We just relaxed « à la maison » in the evening and made a home-cooked meal with ingredients from the market. 

Alexis

Aujourd’hui, on prend le téléphérique jaune, dont une station se situe presque en bas de chez nous, qui nous emmène à El Alto, deuxième ville du pays après Santa Cruz (La Paz est la 3e). Là, nous déambulons dans un marché énorme (15 rues), à ciel ouvert, où s’empilent pommes de terre en tous genres, oignons, tomates, et autres légumineuses, graines et fruits. Beaucoup de femmes tiennent les étales.

Ensuite on se fait toute la ville en téléphérique (lignes jaune et verte), pour découvrir La Paz vue du ciel, incroyable perspective sur une cité à la topographie unique…