February 3 2024

Now I´m in Bolivia, my 28th country on this trip

Semi trucks in line waiting for crossing the border

Now I´m in Bolivia

Waiting, waiting and waitingOnly one of the booths was staffed for passport control.!!

At this bordercontrol I had to wait for almost six hours to pass through. There were 6 booths for control but only 2 were active and only 1 official at each. In addition, all luggage must be scanned.

I felt complete exhausted. The sun and the heat had been relentless during the day. My feet ached, my back hurt, and my head felt completely empty. As if that wasn’t enough, it was also 3,700 meters above sea level. Puuh

Something that is typical of these countries, Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, is the inefficiency when you want to get something done. THEY are in no hurry.

I arrived in La Paz just after 22 in the evening and the first thing I did was to get a taxi that took me to my  booked hotel, Canoa  which is located quite in the middle of town.

Being a taxi driver in this city has to be a person with nerves. Traffic chaos like no other, and everyone wants to be first.

I got room 218, a three bed room which was anything but fresh. But the bedding looked clean and I had to be alone.

Unpacked and then out on the street to search for a bar, 25 meters from the hostel i found one👍

See Yeah Later from La Paz
// P-G, The Global Cyclist