Peru & Bolivia
Photo Gallery 8:
La Paz, Bolivia
Photos by Adam Jones
La Paz is the world's highest capital city, at 3,660 metres.
I.
Countryside en route to La Paz
II.
Entering La Paz, with Mt. Illimani (6,402 metres) towering behind
III.
Bolivian police officers on patrol
IV.
Monument to Simon Bolívar, the liberator
of South America,
after whom Bolivia is named
"Liberator without equal, fertile genius ...," etc.
V.
A May Day banner of Ernesto "Che" Guevara
flutters
over a central square
Guevara was executed in Bolivia after his capture in 1967,
following a failed attempt to wage a guerrilla war in South America.
VI.
This photo and next: dried alpaca fetuses on sale in La Paz
markets (they are believed to bring good luck)
VII.
