Day 78 - Relocation time

La Paz

Letters typed while you wait

Today we changed accommodation as the airbnb we had been staying in was a bit out of town, the steep hills are a killer (especially when combined with the altitude) and the traffic noise meant we hadn't had much sleep. The traffic in La Paz is always bad, but it had been made worse by the protest/blockade. Everyone uses their horn continually even when it is obvious that no one can go anywhere. Horns are also used for information - to let you know they are turning or passing near you, and a multitude of other reasons, so staying on a major road makes sleep very difficult.

It also meant that it took about 30 minutes in a taxi to get to our new lodgings, we could have walked it in 15 minutes! Our new hotel was very close to the tourist centre of town, but we were given a room at the back so even though we now have a lot less room than an airbnb at least we can sleep.

There are still police everywhere because of the protest which is now into it's third week, the police seem to have an incredibly boring job, there are lines of them sitting in doorways and windowsills playing on their phones - all dressed up but nothing to do. At least their lunch is delivered - at lunch time they are all sitting down on the ground and in doorways, with their lunches in identical plastic bags.