A wise man told me that 50% of travellers in La Paz get sick. Seeing as there are 2 of us, I guess we were buggered from the start. Fiona spent most of the time in La Paz bed-bound and hoping to feel a bit more human asap. On our brief wanders through the city, we noticed that the number of army and police with automatic weapons is either reassuringly or alarmingly high. At least its better that El Salvador where the civilians are the ones packing the heat.It was Carnaval time, so the civilian weapons of choice were mainly SuperSoakers and waterbombs. Try to imgine a week-long city-wide waterfight where young and old drench each other at every opportunity. I got pick-pocketed while being distracted by a group of teenaged girls spraying me in the eyes and ears with fake snow. Bye bye camera. Also caught another women with her hand in my pocket, in the process of going for my wallet. I shouted in frantic (ie. poor) Spanish... "Are you looking for something there love, get up the yard out of that ye bollix ye".
Rob, did i ever tell you about the time i was in La Paz during carnaval, and got pick-pocketed? Surely i did?....it was part of an "in La Paz i got both sick and robbed, but i'd still recommend it" anecdote. Anyway - if i didn't tell you that one...sorry!
ReplyDeletewhat you should have said to that one reaching for your wallet...was to ask her if she still had mine!