CoroicoGetting to Coroico involved taking a taxi to a little suburb and then catching a collectivio from there. Collectivios are mini vans that have a destination posted in the windshield and they park and wait for all seats to fill before departing. Jos and I got out of the taxi from downtown and immediately were swarmed by seat sellers – they were so aggressive they just swarmed us, grabbing our bags and trying to outshout each other to get us to come t...

Semana Santa – La Paz After continuous Easter processions throughout an empty LaPaz – the Easter weekend affords most Bolivians their only days off all year –nearly all businesses were closed, the market folks left their market stallsuninhabited and the streets were strangely vacant. It made for an eerie feeling in the crumbling city. We walked around, gazing at the beautiful intricate colonial facades, wondering how long it had been since Bo...