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Jacaranda Journey
![Blue Jacaranda.I05.watermarked.2k.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_ab47434d6c7246008cc95c87d9c85855~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_152,h_152,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Blue%20Jacaranda_I05_watermarked_2k.png)
![La Paz](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_5476b392fbb4401d92c34d7548155d2c.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_5476b392fbb4401d92c34d7548155d2c.jpg)
Founded in 1548 at the foot of the commanding triple-peaked snowcapped Mt. Illumani, it lies at an elevation of 12,007 feet above sea level. It has a population of 1.4 million and is the de facto capital of Bolivia; the official capital is Sucre.
![El Alto](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_865eca71bf1b4c6bb5cc850733548b5d.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_865eca71bf1b4c6bb5cc850733548b5d.jpg)
La Paz sprawls below a plateau where the world's highest international airport is situated at an alititude of 13,325 feet above sea level
![La Paz](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_76be7a5050c9448cb98c3235904e2482.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_76be7a5050c9448cb98c3235904e2482.jpg)
![Painting of Bolivian scene](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_499ca245d7504af483e7556815e1128b.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_499ca245d7504af483e7556815e1128b.jpg)
![La Paz - yellow cable car system](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_b9e8b24ecb094785bb35ce5f15fc885c.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_b9e8b24ecb094785bb35ce5f15fc885c.jpg)
![Cholitas (internet photo)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_c936dc81d19d4c3f9afe8d6276b99a51.jpg/v1/fill/w_75,h_50,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_c936dc81d19d4c3f9afe8d6276b99a51.jpg)
![Cholitas](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_54236a2d997a4703924646ec0a4841a2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_126,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_54236a2d997a4703924646ec0a4841a2.jpg)
![Cholita](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_0601b662672a4504b8483b46f083a511.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_147,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_0601b662672a4504b8483b46f083a511.jpg)
![Miss Cholita Paceña 2011 (internet)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_ae52b64bd0674981b435231d6dbecbf6.jpg/v1/fill/w_105,h_158,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_ae52b64bd0674981b435231d6dbecbf6.jpg)
![La Paz - Street art of a cholita](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_45ffd6776eb54d2cb2ef1dd3da59185b.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_45ffd6776eb54d2cb2ef1dd3da59185b.jpg)
![La Paz - Flower seller](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_e5fd30f8ad3b4d52aafe9f93d53c6686.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_142,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_e5fd30f8ad3b4d52aafe9f93d53c6686.jpg)
![La Paz](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_289eaa78b42d460f81138c490676fb8f.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_193,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_289eaa78b42d460f81138c490676fb8f.jpg)
![La Paz street art](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_12ee24d3ac7c489cab80f8930be2d9bf.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_188,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_12ee24d3ac7c489cab80f8930be2d9bf.jpg)
![La Paz family](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_92e9bd103eb94d4bb2c09b097ccbc733.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_92e9bd103eb94d4bb2c09b097ccbc733.jpg)
Three generations stop for an ice cream at Plaza San Francisco in front of La Paz’s old colonial church.
![La Paz - San Francisco Church](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_4a714162307b467891b92678c88c4aae.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_119,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_4a714162307b467891b92678c88c4aae.jpg)
Old colonial church.
![La Paz shopping street](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_64fe0b8d533a4d1ab39940a775617a00.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_64fe0b8d533a4d1ab39940a775617a00.jpg)
Sagarnaga Street behind the San Francisco church is an exotic colorfest of textiles and woven/knitted clothing
![La Paz- Historic Jaen St.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_86d2134f3de841d68751e3a705468514.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_86d2134f3de841d68751e3a705468514.jpg)
![La Paz - Bolivian mother and child](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_3a7fd624600546419af971257ddc03f3.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_203,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_3a7fd624600546419af971257ddc03f3.jpg)
![La Paz - Shoeshine Boy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_71b28db63da14721b12fdc3644313084.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_175,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_71b28db63da14721b12fdc3644313084.jpg)
Extremely poor boys and older men known as lustrabotas, wear thick balaclavas and sell their shoe-shining services for a pittance. They hide their faces because of the social stigma of handling feet in the Aymara culture.
![La Paz - Presidential Palace](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_7511a60ffda145858cc0f3aa5922a119.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_7511a60ffda145858cc0f3aa5922a119.jpg)
Changing of the guard
![El Alto - Cholita Wrestling](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_f3cf7d37a314436aac4f4842ef532a5d.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_191,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_f3cf7d37a314436aac4f4842ef532a5d.jpg)
Cholita on ropes - but she will bounce back and win the match!
![El Alto - Cholita Wrestling](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_97fa3e9c5861457aa505c2894f58b887.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_97fa3e9c5861457aa505c2894f58b887.jpg)
The audience is made up of locals as well as tourists
![El Alto - Cholita Wrestlers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_d8124b94b4ee425b95eef0627a879882.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_146,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_d8124b94b4ee425b95eef0627a879882.jpg)
These are fearsome luchadoras!
![El Alto Market](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_32c2401c31024357a5d371eece2bffdd.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_216,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_32c2401c31024357a5d371eece2bffdd.jpg)
![El Alto Market](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_91160f66cad94868a7326db79517ddc7.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_213,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_91160f66cad94868a7326db79517ddc7.jpg)
Woman selling pigs ears
![El Alto Market](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_015f4a8c76894ed4b6bd946df9967d27.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_015f4a8c76894ed4b6bd946df9967d27.jpg)
Pastel and api
![El Alto Market](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_8984a310d0084e5eafe60eab8b3a4d40.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_108,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_8984a310d0084e5eafe60eab8b3a4d40.jpg)
![El Alto Market](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_80579853995b4375ad0c2cff3e0997ef.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_80579853995b4375ad0c2cff3e0997ef.jpg)
Buying coca leaves
![El Alto Market](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_2693942d63f24ec4b3a47110f684438d.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_2693942d63f24ec4b3a47110f684438d.jpg)
![La Paz](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_2955625dd81f49719fc85c9e83eb894c.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_2955625dd81f49719fc85c9e83eb894c.jpg)
Sculpture at the entrance to the Museum of Contemporary Art
![Tiwanaku](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_0ec3d8d462d04105be66c40bc671f70a.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_0ec3d8d462d04105be66c40bc671f70a.jpg)
![Tiwanaku](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_829374085e5a46babb81a2bbb509a5d9.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_829374085e5a46babb81a2bbb509a5d9.jpg)
![Tiwanaku - Sun Gate](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_a1d344cdd1c14fe0bd440aa835692ef5.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_a1d344cdd1c14fe0bd440aa835692ef5.jpg)
![Tiwanaku](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_b281cba46a0247e2bfba3e5297505420.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_b281cba46a0247e2bfba3e5297505420.jpg)
![Tiwanaku - Puma Punku](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_117cdfdad3bd497297a1d48040566553.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_117cdfdad3bd497297a1d48040566553.jpg)
![Evo Morales for President!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_61cb868817b6470398d62f085a33ef9e.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_61cb868817b6470398d62f085a33ef9e.jpg)
Bolivia's first indigenous President (he is Aymara) has won his third term
![Evo for President!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_361fc7bfd71a4c6f9c46314e5ab65c00.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_361fc7bfd71a4c6f9c46314e5ab65c00.jpg)
![Legislative Palace](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_a479ec6649f547f3a6f792300f928841.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_177,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_a479ec6649f547f3a6f792300f928841.jpg)
Backwards clock and wiphala flag
![Cholita activism](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_7a848f7b133643e682e013039c8a7cdb.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_7a848f7b133643e682e013039c8a7cdb.jpg)
OMAK is an Aymara women's human rights group, gathering here for the screening of a new anti-discrimination video
![Cholita activism](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_fa278848806247be85ae342f893ffc48.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_fa278848806247be85ae342f893ffc48.jpg)
OMAK is an Aymara women's human rights group, gathering here for the screening of a new anti-discrimination video
![Cholita Activism](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_2963a14d9e9a48bdb8621dced74a662f.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_2963a14d9e9a48bdb8621dced74a662f.jpg)
The leader of the OMAK organization
![Street mural](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_47a7d7e38efc4c8691de290b96aa44c2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_78,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_47a7d7e38efc4c8691de290b96aa44c2.jpg)
Painter Roberto Mamani Mamani is a well-known contemporary Bolivian artist. His images reflect his Aymara heritage.
![Witches Market stall](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_5655e4993c754b1d8066a10651855136.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_5655e4993c754b1d8066a10651855136.jpg)
A bizarre assortment of curiosities can be purchased to manipulate the indigenous Aymara world of spirits and beliefs.
![Witches Market](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_74cec8a29ce14dc1acf513bf3c190ecc.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_74cec8a29ce14dc1acf513bf3c190ecc.jpg)
Dried llama fetuses bring prosperity. We were told the fetuses are stillborn animals.
![Witches Market stall](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_b52affbed9364b34828ae5be181aa760.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_b52affbed9364b34828ae5be181aa760.jpg)
The Witches Market is found on Calle Linares
![On the road from Uyuni to Potosi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_aa83aa9f427f4f888d41d05b3e8c4f95.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_aa83aa9f427f4f888d41d05b3e8c4f95.jpg)
![Potosi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_1fd3df4ead8d4276bcbf8339ae138c50.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_1fd3df4ead8d4276bcbf8339ae138c50.jpg)
The city lies at the foot of Cerro Rico
![Potosi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_2f1598b164ed477e9e7e04b8e091d1aa.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_2f1598b164ed477e9e7e04b8e091d1aa.jpg)
![Potosi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_e45aa0fd993f4a9a8e796c1edb40abdc.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_e45aa0fd993f4a9a8e796c1edb40abdc.jpg)
![Potosi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66f31e_305de791ab204fdab177ce21ac0a9fc1.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/66f31e_305de791ab204fdab177ce21ac0a9fc1.jpg)
Casa de la Moneda