After our good experiences with Loki travel in Cusco we happily booked the Loki Hostel in La Paz, Bolivia to be our home base. One of the benefits was an onside travel agent to help find and book our adventures. As usual we didn’t know what there was in and around La Paz so it was great talking to other travelers and staff about things we couldn’t miss. We had a flight booked out of La Paz to the Caribbean that neither of us wanted to change so we had a very set amount of time in Bolivia which felt strange for us.

As the highest capital city in the world at 12,000′ even walking around the city could get challenging at times. The roads were very hilly! Luckily the city had something I hadn’t seen before – a cable car used for public transportation. We rode the cable car up to Jach’a Qhathu to visit a local market which was packed with people.

For a different view of the city we decided to jump off the top of a nearby skyscraper, Hotel Presidente! Of course we were completely harnessed up as we repelled down the building.

Sara found several restaurants for us to try in the city. One night we decided to get an ‘American’ pizza delivered to the hostel from Mozzarella. At Tia Gladlys we had Chicken with Chochellata and Salteno with beef. Sabor Cubano was a tasty treat of Masa de cerdo a la criolla (pork in sauce) and a Cuban sandwich. Oliver’s Travelers was Fish and chips, and Chicken and guacamole. My favorite was Restaurant 1700. I had a Beef, veggie, and fries plate while Sara ordered the Pork chop.