{"id":4280,"date":"2011-08-09T10:41:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=4280"},"modified":"2011-08-09T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T18:41:08","slug":"walking-tour-of-la-paz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/09\/bolivia\/walking-tour-of-la-paz\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking tour of La Paz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 9, 2011<\/p>\n<p><em>(Note this was received late on August 8th)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After breakfast  today, \u00c2\u00a0it was time to stretch the legs with a tour of La Paz. \u00c2\u00a0Flying in to  this elevation can make some a little hesitant to get after it. \u00c2\u00a0Not here, this  team is on top of it.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0We had a great walk today, not a cloud in the sky, all  the time looking up at Illimani, towering above the city.\u00c2\u00a0 After a great lunch  in the Witches Market we got some lessons on what symbols give you wealth and  health and longevity, so we are getting up to speed on Bolivian culture.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4280 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/The-Team.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[4280]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/The-Team-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4281\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4281'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Team.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0496.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[4280]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0496-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4282\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4282'>\n\t\t\t\tIllimani with La Paz in the foreground. (Photo by Greg Vernovage)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This  afternoon we wrapped up last minute details, finished packing, and got all ready  to head out in the morning to the beach and Lake Titicaca. \u00c2\u00a0I have a little  surprise for the team on the way \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I hope we can meet again the last remaining  builder of the Ra II, who is a little over 80 now and he likes  visitors.<\/p>\n<p>How is the team  doing? I think we were asked nicely to stop laughing so hard last night! \u00c2\u00a0We are  looking forward to a couple of ferry and boat rides tomorrow with an evening  overlook of the town of Copacabana.\u00c2\u00a0 SORRY everyone, this is NOT the Copacabana  which Barry Manilow is talking about, but what the hell, sing it  anyhow!<\/p>\n<p>Greg  Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 9, 2011 (Note this was received late on August 8th) After breakfast today, \u00c2\u00a0it was time to stretch the legs with a tour of La Paz. \u00c2\u00a0Flying in to this elevation can make some a little hesitant to get after it. \u00c2\u00a0Not here, this team is on top of it.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0We had a great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bolivia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4280"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4285,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4280\/revisions\/4285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}