2nd, 3rd, 4th October

 After a very hair-raising bus trip from Uyuni, the bus driver drove heroically through a sand storm, pouring rain, thick snow and a road that was so muddy that we passed by lorries that were either parked up or stuck in the ditch at the side of the road 

 we finally got into La Paz only one hour late in spite of the thick traffic. 
As soon as we got off the bus we went round to see the driver to congratulate him on getting us to La Paz in one piece.
Unable to rent the flat we had had before in La Paz because it

 was already booked we decided to head off to Sorata

 to try and see if we could ride up into the mountains on horse back. This is the hotel Toro Bravo where we stayed for 2 nights.










These combi buses line up in Sorata
  to go into La Paz, leaving as 
soon as they are full.

When we went to look around Sorata town we walked straight into the local school carnival in the center of the town.

 

A typical street in Sorata                                                                                          

 

  Paul waiting outside the shoe repair shop for his leather walking shoes to be repaired by a nice  elderly Bolivian, for the sum of 9 Bolivars =90 cts €