September 1 - 2, 2013 - La Paz, Bolivia
September 1:
We woke to find out that it had been declared a city wide "Pedestrian day". That meant that no cars or autos of any kinda (except police) were allowed on the roads. However, it also meant that there was a huge festival set up along the main road just a couple of blocks from our hostel.
We spent a few hours walking along, seeing, and shopping. We also wandered over to what is know at the Witches Market. It was a small street full of vendors selling baby llama carcasses, herbs of all sorts, and little knick-knacky things. Apparently, its an old belief that if you bury a baby llama carcass along with some other things when you break ground to build your home you will have good luck. I suppose, in reality, its not toooo much different that our rabbit foot good luck charms from childhood. Though the more I think about it the more I realize that that was a really strange thing to do.
We also decided to treat ourselves to a huge tasty dinner. We shared filet mignon and trout fillet plates and topped it off with an Oreo ice cream dessert.
As hard as we tried we could not get a bus to Uyuni this night due to the pedestrian day. Even though cars were allowed back on the roads after 5pm, the buses still were not going to run. So, we stayed another night in La Paz and book a bus for the next night.
September 2:
Just walked around town and visited the witches market again. A little souvenir shopping. Brittney got a massage and I got a manicure. Left out on the bus around 9pm for Uyuni.
September 1:
We woke to find out that it had been declared a city wide "Pedestrian day". That meant that no cars or autos of any kinda (except police) were allowed on the roads. However, it also meant that there was a huge festival set up along the main road just a couple of blocks from our hostel.
We spent a few hours walking along, seeing, and shopping. We also wandered over to what is know at the Witches Market. It was a small street full of vendors selling baby llama carcasses, herbs of all sorts, and little knick-knacky things. Apparently, its an old belief that if you bury a baby llama carcass along with some other things when you break ground to build your home you will have good luck. I suppose, in reality, its not toooo much different that our rabbit foot good luck charms from childhood. Though the more I think about it the more I realize that that was a really strange thing to do.
We also decided to treat ourselves to a huge tasty dinner. We shared filet mignon and trout fillet plates and topped it off with an Oreo ice cream dessert.
As hard as we tried we could not get a bus to Uyuni this night due to the pedestrian day. Even though cars were allowed back on the roads after 5pm, the buses still were not going to run. So, we stayed another night in La Paz and book a bus for the next night.
September 2:
Just walked around town and visited the witches market again. A little souvenir shopping. Brittney got a massage and I got a manicure. Left out on the bus around 9pm for Uyuni.
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