In la Paz!

i´m in bolivia, and everything´s good (i didn´t get altitude sickness, which is unusual, although my stomach seems to like liquifying things lately, so my luck has balanced out) (oh, and feeling a little off for the first while in a developing country is pretty normal, ie not cause for concern)

where i´m actually at:
la paz.
i may go to sucre soon.
that depends on whether or not the city returns from its present state of anarchy.
(to clarify, if things don´t calm down, oxfam will probably find something for me to do in la paz).
i may have a cell phone soon. or possibly not. i´m not sure yet.
i may eventually have an address. between now and sunday i´m living at a hotel.

how to reach me:
email is wise.
if any of you want to try and call me, you might be able to get me at the hotel..
the number, from canada, is 011-591-2-2363355, or 011-591-2-2313775
i´m in room number 505.
i´m not sure if the hotel staff speak english. they might.
if you´re gonna do that, it´d be a very good idea to get a calling card with good rates for bolivia.
you could definitely also just email me, and ask me to call you. it´s not that expensive from here.

postcards:
if you want one, send me your address...

la paz:
is crazy. there are dogs everywhere. this morning there was a small protest for the rights of dogs.
you can´t drink the water (which also means you can´t eat raw fruit unless you peel it), and you can´t put toilet paper in the toilet. suddenly that little garbage can in the bathroom becomes much more useful.
traffic is insane, taxis are cheap, busses are even cheaper (equivaled of 25 cents a ride)
and the busses are way better, just because they´re old school bus-looking things with crazy 70s racing stripes on them.
there are also smaller private busses, which are recognisable by a guy, or girl, hanging out the window and screaming the names of various places the bus is going to.
who needs a sign, when you can just yell.
crossing the street is an art form. montrealers would be much better prepared for this than people from other cities in canada.

i´ll get pictures up on some kind of a blog eventually. right now i can´t use my laptop because of the altitude.
that´s right.. la paz is so high that my computer is not designed to operate here.
oh, and another interesting thing: the highest part of la paz (the altiplano) is a full KILOMETRE higher than the lowest parts.
3000ish m above sea level vs over 4060, i think.
it looks like someone put a city on and around the world´s largest open pit mine.