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La Paz ... the highest (administrative) capital in the world. Altitude 3650 meters. |
The plane landed at the airport at El Alto; flat as a polder. Driving to the hotel in downtown La Paz we suddenly drove into a huge chasm. La Paz is built on the sides of this chasm all the way down to where the chasm becomes a valley.
Almost all the houses are built like cubes. Concrete pillars and walls of bricks in between.
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A wall of houses going up. Where the wall ends, the city of El Alto starts. |
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A good looking neighbourhood in La Paz. |
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La Paz, clinging to the "wall". |
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The city centre of La Paz. Left of the high rise building (one third of the left in the middle) is the presidential palace. |
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In the background the mountain Illimani, the guardian of the city. Illimani is 6438 meters high. |
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La Paz is a large city with almost a million inhabitants. You can click here to see this panorama in a larger format. |
