Day 13: Sep 19

After arriving in La Paz at 6:00, we went to Hostal Austria to sleep until 9:00. I was feeling a little better but still a little tired. I hadn´t eaten for a while at this point. At 10:00 the group went to a little local restaurant across from Evo Morales´office. The plaza were the government stuff is, is very charming. I didn´t eat breakfast because everyone ordered Saltenas and they are very heavy: not good to have with an upset stomach!
We went back to the hostal for a meeting about the hiking trip coming up. I am nervous! I hope I don´t get sick again. We are cooking all of our food so the meeting was about what food to bring and how much of it. When the meeting was over Andrew, Sam, John, Kate and I went to a couple camping stores. I bought a hydration pack because I don´t want to get dehydrated again! That was THE worst thing ever. I also bought this really cool silver knife that has a flashlight in it. It almost looks like a switchblade which is illegal in the US haha. After the camp stores, we went and got pizza and this REALLY good place! I finally ate some margarita pizza and it was amazing. We ate pizza and watched some soccer that was on the TV in front of us. It was awesome.
We took a cab back and Chris, John, Helen and I went to the supermarket to get some food for the hiking trip. In total the cost of all the food was like 1,400 Bolivianos which is only like $200! That is amazing...food for 20 people for 6 days was only $200. In the US that is like how much groceries cost per week.
After the supermarket, John and I went to the internet. When we came back Anne asked if I wanted to come pick out a DVD to watch that night. There is a street right next to ours that is closed to all traffic because it is like a night market. You can find tons of things there. A couple stand were selling DVD´s, some of which were dubbed and bootlegged...or I should say most of them were. We bought A Night At the Roxbury and The Hangover. The Hangover ended up being in Spanish and a dubbed video--it was filmed in the theaters. We ordered more pizza and coke and had a chill night in the hostal and watched A Night At The Roxbury. It was very relaxing.
End of day 13!