Wednesday, May 17, 2000

Bolivia

La Paz
I stayed in the Casa Grande Apart Hotel. It is sort of a cross between an apartment and a hotel. It was very nice. Recently built and very clean. Very modern looking and built in a sort of triangular shape. My room was a suite with a kitchen, sitting room, dining room table and separate bedroom. There was cable TV and great plug receptacles that accept any kind of plug (no need for adapters!). There was also a pretty good restaurant attached to the hotel. I paid US$ 75 per night, a real bargain. One thing to note is that it is not in the center of town but in more of a residential part. However it is quick to get to the center. Also, there was a lively section walking distance to the hotel with a number of restaurants. I never seem to get to the web site shown on their business card.
The food in La Paz is pretty good. Remember eating a lot of steak (both beef and llama) and washing it down with not bad Bolivian red wine. A couple of restaurants I ate at were Vienna and Chez Lacoste.

Lake Titicaca
I went there one Sunday. Left La Paz in late morning. Took about an hour to get there. Had lunch (some lake fish, not bad) and then took a boat to a little island (around ½ hour) where there were some reed boats. Back to La Paz in early evening. The tour group I used was Daygui Tours.