 Going from La Paz to Lago Titicaca
"Ago" <romain.agostini@> wrote in message
news:131020030028369275%romain.agostini@sbcglobal. net...
> Hello,
>
> any recommendations for going from La Paz to Lago Titicaca? There seem
> to be different kind of of bus services available. When adding a visit
> at Tiahuanaco, is it advisable to spend the night there (provided there
> is some kind of accommodation), or better to continue teh same day to
> Lago Titicaca?
>
> ---Ago
it's not so far from the lake. if you go with a tour agency tell them to
drop you off somewhere along the way so you can catch a local bus from
there. i saw a couple of places to stay at tiwanaku but the tour is done in
a couple of hours or so, no need to stay the night really. however, it's
not advisable to go that direction at all at the moment [in case you haven't
heard about the recent unrest in the news]. i was just there a couple of
weeks ago and returning to la paz from tiwanaku took twice as long as we had
to take the rough dirt road through indigenous farmers' fields. there were
blockades everywhere along the way. we also got stopped and demanded a
'donation' by young men covering the motorway with rocks while an army of
men lined the hills on both sides of the road. [tiwanaku is more
enjoynable/understandable if you have a guide who explains things on the
spot]
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