La Paz
Today we went on a day tour to the ruins at Tiwanaku, which is not that far from La Paz but because of the traffic it took two hours to get there. We were collected on foot from our hotel and walked down some side streets until we came to the concrete and metal divider between us and the major road. Here we were told to climb the divider and we waited on the edge of the road (no emergency lane) until our bus pulled out of the traffic and picked us up - no safety considerations here!
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| Not sure which of the faces in the photo looks the most bored |
Tiwanaku is an ancient complex of ruins that is still being excavated, our guide told us that not enough money is available to complete the work required to uncover the ruins. There weren't that many tourists there, mainly school groups who all looked a bit on the bored side as they were marched around the ruins. The ruins covered a large area, and we did get some interesting information from the guide on the cosmological significance of the alignment of the various parts of the site.
Also, as it was K's birthday today it seemed quite apt to be visiting the ruins of an ancient civilisation .........!!!
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