Did you know?

• At 12, 000 feet, La Paz is the highest capital city in the World. The airport is almost half as high as a jet’s cruising altitude.

• La Paz is called “The City that Touches the Sky”.

• In the 1969 film “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” a posse begins trailing the infamous duo after they rob one train too many. “Let’s go to Bolivia,” Butch suggests. Here is where the two meet their end.

• La Paz means “peace”.

• Boliva is home to what has been dubbed “The World’s Most Dangerous Road”.  The infamous North Yungas Road stretches 61 kilometers from La Paz to Coroico.

• La Paz has an average year round temperature of 35-65 degrees Fahrenheit.  

• Despite the elevation, the city of La Paz hosts an annual marathon. (One of which I would love to run!)

• Bolivia has 3 main languages:  Spanish, Quechua and Aymara.

• Tourists commonly chew coca leaves to help fight off the effects of the high altitude.

• Throughout many cities in Boliva you can find live Andean folk music being played every night of the week in local peñas (bars and restaurants).