La Paz, the canyon capital
![La Paz panorama from my hotel rooftop](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/39/733439/2/164173227.pUpxqqSb.jpg) La Paz panorama from my hotel rooftop |
![Buildings sprawl down the canyon slopes](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164173228.sejq63Wf.Bolivia266.jpg) Buildings sprawl down the canyon slopes |
![American-style Dodge 'micro' buses still circulate](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164173229.JTV23Nr7.Bolivia274.jpg) American-style Dodge 'micro' buses still circulate |
![Crisis? What crisis?](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164173230.pkkSi5vr.20160903_114114.jpg) Crisis? What crisis? |
![Street vendors crowd the street called Illumpu](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164173231.FwSDysJ1.20160903_114143.jpg) Street vendors crowd the street called Illumpu |
![La Paz, Bolivia](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164177496.H0XUDgG5.20160904_101853.jpg) La Paz, Bolivia |
![Llama foetuses and other treats in the Witches' Market](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164177499.wLnLZfAZ.20160905_165321.jpg) Llama foetuses and other treats in the Witches' Market |
![Ready-made offerings for Pachamama, Earth Mother of the Andean peoples](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164177498.3b2TwnNY.20160905_165040.jpg) Ready-made offerings for Pachamama, Earth Mother of the Andean peoples |
![Traditional greengrocer, La Paz](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164177497.VqJeOceL.20160906_091518.jpg) Traditional greengrocer, La Paz |
![Fruit & veg spilling out into the street...](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164177500.xYXibnKd.20160906_091640.jpg) Fruit & veg spilling out into the street... |
![Architectural details in old La Paz](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164183627.PmTboqDt.Bolivia335.jpg) Architectural details in old La Paz |
![Souvenir stores on Sagarnaga, La Paz](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164413289.SgBjd6Na.Bolivia270.jpg) Souvenir stores on Sagarnaga, La Paz |
![Iglesia San Francisco, heart of the old city](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164183628.Zz3AuINP.20160903_120600.jpg) Iglesia San Francisco, heart of the old city |
![Belltower of Iglesia San Francisco](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164183629.ufQF4OXx.Bolivia273.jpg) Belltower of Iglesia San Francisco |
![I give blood](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164183630.1VqsB5DG.Bolivia279.jpg) "I give blood" |
![Life wasn't meant to be easy...](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164183631.gG4GAUfi.Bolivia268.jpg) Life wasn't meant to be easy... |
![Mi Teleferico, the new (2014) cable car system](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164273499.PSustNno.Bolivia350.jpg) Mi Teleferico, the new (2014) cable car system |
![Boarding platform for Mi Teleferico](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164273500.zhtdJTJ7.20160906_161034.jpg) Boarding platform for Mi Teleferico |
![Mi Teleferico station](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164273501.rSVWJVJf.20160906_161435.jpg) Mi Teleferico station |
![Mi Teleferico](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164273502.FL9XhcnN.Bolivia355.jpg) Mi Teleferico |
![Vista from Mi Teleferico](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164273505.OZCo1V2a.Bolivia359.jpg) Vista from Mi Teleferico |
![Housing seen from Mi Teleferico](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164273503.oYUDGecz.Bolivia349.jpg) Housing seen from Mi Teleferico |
![Mi Teleferico](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164273504.nRFAINq8.Bolivia364.jpg) Mi Teleferico |
![Mi Teleferico](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164273506.aCQUVjbD.Bolivia367.jpg) Mi Teleferico |
![Andean peaks surround La Paz. This is Illimani, 6442m](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164273508.heON8waD.Bolivia299.jpg) Andean peaks surround La Paz. This is Illimani, 6442m |
![Huayna Potosi rising above La Paz](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164413253.LLF2O8qj.Bolivia345.jpg) Huayna Potosi rising above La Paz |
![Huayna Potosi, 6088m, rising above the Altiplano outside La Paz](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164273635.IqU7JzKS.20160905_114825.jpg) Huayna Potosi, 6088m, rising above the Altiplano outside La Paz |
![Run-down Ski Club refuge outside La Paz](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164413260.nBcDf6Go.Bolivia314.jpg) Run-down Ski Club refuge outside La Paz |
![Valle de la Luna badlands, La Paz](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164413268.2rByGJqV.20160905_145337.jpg) Valle de la Luna badlands, La Paz |
![Farewell to La Paz, in pre-dawn darkness](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/164413262.LRjdPIqS.20160907_050435.jpg) Farewell to La Paz, in pre-dawn darkness |
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