If I decided to live in Bolivia, I would probably settle in La Paz or Sucre. La Paz doesn’t have major tourist attractions, but compared to the other Bolivian cities I stayed in, it had the fastest internet and the best variety/quality of services. The costs are higher than other Bolivian towns, but still dirt cheap compared to Western prices.

Tourist wise, I recommend the following places:
- the Witches Market (Mercado de las Brujas) on Calle Linares. It’s a small dirty road but you can find some fun stuff, such as coca-based products (candies, potions, teas), corpses of lama pets and many more goodies. You might not want to carry these back to the US or Australia…
- The church and museum of San Francisco, and the adjacent Sagarnaga Street, which is La Paz' main tourist strip.
- Calle Jaen has some well-preserved colonial buildings and museums.
- Plaza Murillo contains the government buildings and the main cathedral.
- The “Teleferico” is a cable way offering interesting views of the city (similar to what I experienced in Medellin and Quito).

There are also wrestling matches between “cholitas” (the short/fatty local women wearing the Charlie Chaplin hats): I was told, too late, that such matches are arranged in El Alto only on Sundays, and was unable to attend.