Erik & Heather's RTW Trip

Category Archives: Bolivia

Finding the Bright Side of La Paz

While we had a rough start in Bolivia’s capital city, all was not entirely terrible. To start, Heather took advantage of the cheap prices in the city by getting her hair cut. She had needed a haircut for at least the past three countries, so I was very surprised one day when she arrived back [...]

Struggling in La Paz, Bolivia

We had heard good things about La Paz and were excited to finally arrive in this bustling, capital city – the highest in the world at 3,660m (12,000 ft) above sea level. Try as we did to like it, though, La Paz just kept letting us down. First, I came down with a serious case [...]

Isla del Sol & the ‘other’ side of Lake Titicaca – Copacabana, Bolivia

After visiting the Floating Islands in Puno, we hopped a bus to cross the border into our tenth country – Bolivia. Due to bad relations between Bolivia and the US, American citizens are required to shell out $135 each for visas to enter the country. Luckily, we had already taken care of processing the visas [...]