So the hotel we are staying in at Copacabana for 2 nights is horrid. I don't mind basic accommodation at all, but rude staff, dirty conditions and broken hardwear is unacceptable. I'm not going to write much here about it, but suffice to say I feel obliged to write a review on Trip Advisor about the poor standards. I actually already had a look and it's currently only rating 7 out of 12 hotels in the town. Im surprised it's that high to be honest. Today we went ...

Today we are leaving La Paz for Copacabana with the group at Midday. I'll be sad to leave La Paz which I've grown pretty fond of, but I'm also super excited to see some more of Bolovia. Betsy and I had decided to do a private city tour with an English speaking guide in the morning. We met Rolando at 8am and were back at the hotel at 11am ready for our group departure. Personally I did not really end up seeing much more new stuff of the city as we visited most o...

We slept in till 9 am, had breakfast then were going to make our way to a city walking tour. Unfortunately for me an ATM stole my credit card when I was trying to get some cash out and in the process of trying to deal with this we missed the morning tour. I knew from having dealt with banks in the DR and Mexico getting this card back was going to be a big issue and it turned out to be such. I wasted quite a few hours of the day, having to visit two banks and h...

I had a nice long lie in (after four nights sleeping in buses and shacks, my bed was a total luxury) and then packed my stuff up as I was moving hotels. I checked out and said goodbye to the lovely staff at Hotel Rosario and moved next door to Hotel Estrella Andina. I actually did not know when I booked Hotel Rosario that it was right next door to the hotel our tour company (Intrepid/Dragonman) was going to use in La Paz, but it certainly made my move super easy....

I slept the whole way back on the bus, on arrival at La Paz around 10am there was a further complication to my travels as none of the taxis could cross the city due to another protest (what is it with this country and protests!) Armed with some dubious directions from a taxi driver I walked back to my hotel, it was as it turned out only a 20 min walk, but when I finally arrived at my lovely hotel (the courtyard is shown in the picture) I nearly kissed the ground,...