Clare writes:Gran Poder festival in La Paz. Picture this: A parade of singers, dancers, musicians that starts going past your window at 8am and is still going strong until 11pm - 15 hours of festivity involving probably 50,000 performers, all of whom are being plied with drink from the very start. The route is closed to traffic but there's no obvious police presence. No trouble. No fighting that we saw.It would never happen in Britain, eh?!But it was amazing - fa...

Clare writesWow! Sorry, I seem to say that a lot. But La Paz is simply breathtaking... literally (at 3660 metres it´s the highest capital city in the world, so you do feel short of breath, easily tired, a bit headachy). And before any smarty pants people try to correct me and say that Sucre is the capital... they both are! Bolivia seems to have 2 capital cities.It is strange to have come here (almost) directly from Valparaiso... from a city built on dozens of hi...