This morning at 3:54am we were all woken up by a group of
travelers and a receptionist entering our hostel room. The space all the girls
is stating in has a main level and an upstairs. Paige, Kristi, and I are in one
room upstairs, Ana is across the hall, and Reva, Judy, and Ally are all
downstairs. They came in when Reva was up going to the bathroom and she asked
why they were in our room, but they didn’t speak English so they just walked
around her and went upstairs. The employee came into our room and flipped on
the light, waking all of us up, then turned it off and went back downstairs.
Paige got up out of bed and went to get Ana. By now we were all awake from all
of the noise and lights. Ana talked to the employee and she said she thought
our room was unoccupied, so she was coming to check. Obviously it wasn’t, so
she went back out of our area to find somewhere else for these travelers to
stay. In the meantime the travelers were all just standing downstairs, so Ana
asked them to leave. They told her it was cold out so they didn’t want to go
outside. Ana was not having that, and got lippy with them. They weren’t going
to be staying in this room, so they should have just gone to wait in the
reception area. So eventually the lady came back and Ana talked/yelled at her about
busting into our room at 4:00am. Laster in the morning at breakfast the guys
told us that the lady also came into their room, turned on the light to see if
anyone was in the room and then turned it off and left, which also woke all of
them up. We still aren’t quite sure the reasoning behind her decision because
there is an unoccupied room full of beds right next to our rooms that has been
empty since we got here, so she should have just put them in there. Who knows.
After breakfast Kristi, Judy, Zach, Ana, Spodek, and I went
to a café to relax at for a bit. I ordered apple tea, and it was delicious. At
noon we met up with the rest of the group and rode cable cars up to the very
top of the city. The views were amazing. It was the best way to experience the
size of the city and see all of the mountains surrounding it. La Paz has the
highest population in the world at its altitude, and the largest airport. We
got out of the cable cars at the top and went to a lookout point where we could
see the entire city. It was breathtaking (no pun intended).
This evening Paul, Ally, Paige, Kristi, and I walked to a
large park nearby that has a skywalk. It gave us an amazing view of the city at
night! It was neat to walk around and see all of the hustle and bustle of the
night life. There were a lot of school kids out in their uniforms still heading
to a fair that had rides, there were a couple of soccer games going on, a movie
was playing that had a line out the door and down the street, many people were
out selling things on the corner. It was very active, and very exhausting.
Kristi and I went to the supermarket after to grab dinner (bread and banana).
Neither of us had much of an appetite.
Tonight is our last night in Bolivia. We are headed to
Cusco, Peru tomorrow morning. Cusco is also at a very high altitude, around
11,000 feet. I think we are all hoping that we feel a little better going down
1,000 feet, but it is still a very high elevation. We are going to Machu Picchu
while in Cusco, which I am excited about. But I am very much looking forward to
getting back down to normal altitude.
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