![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This translates to ‘The Moon Valley’ and lies just outside of the city, you can get here quickly via taxi. If this is your kind of thing, make sure you choose a reputable company, you’ll be ascending 4650 meters so you’ll need decent equipment. You can now cycle down here but it is not for the faint-hearted, it is steep and extremely narrow in places with sheer drops. As the name suggests, this is the world’s most dangerous road with around 25 cars and two bikes per year falling over the edge (pre-2006). Until 2006 Death Road was the only connection between La Paz and the jungle, so if you needed to get back and forth, the risk was unavoidable. You’ll find lucky charms, enchanted trinkets, natural medicines and hallucinogenic plants and if you’re into the bizarre you can grab yourself a dehydrated llama fetus to bury under your house for good luck. Unless you’re really into black magic and all things spooky, the witches’ market in La Paz will push your imagination with the weird and the wild at every turn. The best thing about these cable cars is that they run on electricity (in a city full of diesel chugging trucks) and make hardly any noise, they’re also moderately priced and will get you around the city in no time. You’ll be able to see the rickety homes clinging to the side of the steep valley slopes and a city dominated by gothic spires and modern office blocks, all dwarfed by the surrounding snowy peaks. Seeing this crazy city from above really puts the landscape into perspective. The cable car system, known as ‘Mi Teleferico’, in La Paz is the best way to get around with four current lines and more underway. ![]()
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