Was only in this capital city for a brief amount of time so didn't manage to see a lot or get any photo's in the town centre. It is the highest capital city in the world and this is where the purest cocaine in the world is made out of the San Pedro prison. Everything in Bolivia is corrupt especially within La Paz. The prison guards take the ingredients into the prisons to make cocaine then help the prisoners get it out for a tidy profit. We were able to see the prison which is in the centre of town but were not allowed to take photos. You can go in and tour the prison and even stay the night in a cell but with only two of us we didn't feel so safe.
La Paz also had streets dedicated to the witches markets where they sold llama foetuses and dead cats. Apparently if you build a house you're supposed to put this sort of thing under them. They just had these hanging out on the streets. Pretty crazy.
La Paz is a cheap place to be and even though it was corrupt you felt pretty safe. Lived like a king all through Bolivia and spent hardly any money once you transfer it all into Bolivianos.
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