A few days in La Paz (18-20/Apr/06)

Potosi, Bolivia

Decided to go to Uyuni by train, so had a few days to kill as the train doesn’t leave every day. The next day we hit a new part of town, much calmer, and visited 5 museums (they ain’t very big). Third day we were supposed to visit the ruins at Tihuanaco, but I had another attack of enterotoxigenic escherichia coli which this time caused me to answer collect calls down the big white telephone. So I was basically bed-bound for the entire day.

But I made a miraculous recovery and next day we went by bus to Tihuanaco. This was the ancient capital of the Tihuanaco culture, which semi-desintegrated after a flood or a drought (depending on which museum you go to or which guide book you read) and was later absorbed by the Incas. A bit of a disappointment, not many ruins left. Still, not bad for a day trip from La Paz.