I have just arrived in La Paz, an amazing city built in a bowl in the top of a mountain. Houses extend from the city right up the sides of the cliffs of the bowl, reaching near the top. It is such an amazing sight to see and one of the most fascinating cities that I have ever seen.
The edge of La Paz city, where the houses rise up the mountainsides to spill out over the top.
Below are some photos from the amazing journey up the mountain range and along the Altiplano (high plain) to get here.
It was a long and slow journey up the mountain range to reach the height of the Altiplano.
Looking down upon the mountains and roads that we have just climbed up.
Looking through the bus window at some typical houses for the mountains.
A young child looks out the window as our bus moves past her truck.
As we continue to climb, we move up into the clouds that seemed so high above when we started the journey.
A community on the Altiplano.
Two men bide their time in a sleepy township that we pass through.
A baby in the carry-all blanket of mum.
All harvesting here is done by hand with teams of people cutting and gathering the crops.
A lady wanders along the road from her house to the field.
On the bus journey we were treated to two travelling salesmen that wanted to sell snake-oil, and were reasonably successful.
The main La Paz bus terminal.