After surviving the World´s most dangerous road unscathed, I decided to visit one of La Paz´s more alternative tourist destinations; San Pedro prison. What makes this prison different is that although the prisoners are locked in, they run the workings of the prison and pay rent for their cells (more like rooms as they seem quite comfortable and prisoners can come and go as they please). One prisoner, who apparently made a lot of money inside by giving l...

It´s been odd returning to La Paz after almost two months; what was originally new and spectacular is now very familiar. The one part of La Paz that I have been newly aquainted with is it´s nightlife. For some idiotic reason, it is the law for clubs in La Paz to close at 4, even on weekends. Lucky then that we were told about the after hours club (which is essentially just a converted basement) where we stayed until the early morning in the company of o...

The flight to Miami went as smoothly as could be hoped for, even managing to claim two seats for myself, requiring no acts of contortion. Miami looked increadable from the air; the river pathways merging the sea to the city. The same can not be said of Miami from the ground however. Getting a bus goin to Miami beach, I passed a sprawl of vacant lots and car showrooms. When I finaly arrived at the beach, I found to my horror that it was occupied almost solely by t...