As soon as the taxi arrived we were off on our way to the airport. Then we had to wait 2 and a half hours till the plane was ready. We searched around for a place to eat breakfast. We couldn´t find a cheap enough place so we had to go to Dunkin Donuts!! I got two sweet donuts which I was amazed I was allowed. And a coke! Mum and Dad said these breakfasts were really rare for us!
Then we had to go through customs. It was a really long wait. When we finally got on our plane we got ready for our 2-3 hour long plane journey. This plane was really boring. They gave us headphones and we had a radio on our armrest.
I was next to the window. The plane finally wobbled forward and I was really excited about the plane ride now!
The plane surged forward, gathering speed every second until we lifted up into the air and we went up up up until we were above the clouds.
Through the cloud we saw desert. I was amazed. The clouds looked like fluffy whit pillows in the sky.
We finally landed, got off the plane and went into the airport. Now we had a 2 hour wait in the airport. I started reading my book, then Amber, Mum and I went off to explore the airport. We found 2 shops that sold coloured stones and there were some really cool stones that were magnets. There were heaps of them and I wondered how much they were so I asked the lady about them. I didn´t get what she was saying so I said, "Don´t worry". It turned out that you had to buy a bag. The bags were really small and you had to try to cram as many as you could into the bag. And they were about $30 NZ fo a bag ... Rip off! In the end I decided not to buy them, we went back to dad and got onto the plane.
Now this plane was to La Paz Airport. The flight was only for an hour so it was not long. We still had radios on our armrests but we did not get headphones and that was annoying.
Surging forward through the air was awesome ... except my ears kept on popping! Stupid altitude!
Then I looked out the window to see the clouds. They were HUGE!
Before I knew it the flight lady said into the microphone, ¨We are landing. Please go back to your seats and make sure that your seat is upright.¨ Then we landed at La Paz Airport ... YAHOO! - By Zahn
Today we were off to Bolivia. We flew flew soaring over the wide open grey sky. We all felt excited to head off on the next leg of our journey but felt we did not spend enough time in Chile!
In Bolivia we will go to the bustling markets. We expect them to be full of the amazing things we have read about; especially the witches market!
Our family will spend the next 2 weeks exploring Bolivia and then we will enjoy another 2 weeks in Peru. We expect Bolivia to be a very cold country, especially in the mountains where we are going.
The plane ride to Bolivia was long but quite enjoyable... although I was happy to hop off! So we landed in a town that was pretty much dead. The airport had about 20 people in it. We had to wait here for about 3 hours until we caught our next plane to La Paz. We wanted to head out of the airport and into town but it was 41 km which was too far. Then we caught an hour long flight to La Paz.
We jumped onto a minibus and headed down the hill into the sweet smell of LaPaz.
We found our hotel. It was absolutely lovely. It was decorated with murals all over the walls of the hotel. We quickly settled in. - By Amber
Doughnuts for breakfast , standards are slipping !! Lovely here at the beach, the weather has improved but looking forward to Van !
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