It is time for us to leave La Paz and journey into the jungle. It's a bit sad because now we have to miss our dayly spanish synchronized japanese soap opera ' Escalera al cielo' (Stairway to heaven / Roltrap naar de hemel) in the morning. After only two days we were already addicted (and now we probably never know if Jungsu finally will get better from that terrible illness and marriesher true love that stole her heart back from that other guy...)

La Paz is hard to understand...why do people choose to live here?We have been dragging our bodies up and down the hills, breathing like a school for astmatic smokers.It is not only us who are struggling with the altitude. The local people have set their pace to a slow stroll that makes us westerners stop and think a bit on how our lives always seem hurried and full of chases after trains, busses when we could really just slow down and get there when we get there.

Great things about La Paz:

- The view is magnificent, mountains and fresh (but very thin) air.

- No appetite at all, we can't finish the meals, and that is not normal for Allan.

- You can always find each other in a crowd, the average hight must be around 1.22m

- Cheap, a 3 course meal cost 2,50 euro...and no we could not finish it.

- Weather forcast says 18 degrees and rain, but it is always sunny and feals like 30.

Nowwe are going into the hot sticky malaria ridden jungle. I am sure they have wifi and airconditioning everywhere, if not, we are going back to La paz...or somerhwere else. First we'll take the 45 min. flight and find our welcome caipirinha waiting for us...