I'm in La Paz and I can barely breathe...
Altitude sickness is a bitch. I flew into AltoPlano airport (another 500m higher than central La Paz) yesterday from santiago and instantly I felt lightheaded. Being higher, the drive down into town was amazing from the airport - La Paz is in a basin surrounded by mountains and you get an amazing view of the whole place. Don't think the taxi driver touched the break pedal at all on the way down either, so we were driving down this near-vertical road at like 120kph. Anyway, had a fairly easy going afternoon, so as not to exert myself too much, but it wasn't enough. Seems my blood isn't carrying enough oxygen at the moment for both my brain and my stomach, so the chicken leg didn't stay down long at all. Have extended taking it easy today to eating nothing but 3 slices of toast and watching star wars 3 (a rewarding cultural south american experience). I have to acclimatise - softing out is not an option as the rest of my trip in south america is in the Andes. Tomorrow the new president is being inaugurated around the corner from the hostel. He's the first native president and a socialist so apparently there's going to be a bit of hullaballoo.
Had a pleasant few days in London before I left. Hana and I had a nice hotel room in Paddington for our last night and Hana took me to see Les Miserables (now I know what my pseudonym is all about..). Turned out Paddington is like 5 mins from Hyde Park (who knew?!) and specifically Anna Roberts' place (eliza's sister for those who don't know - where she and seany were staying). So I managed to catch up with them for 10 minutes before they rudely left for Ireland.
Had an ordinary flight to Santiago - was overnight - which normally isn't the worst but I was sitting on top of one of the heating vents so would keep waking up covered in sweat. Made it eventually and managed to find the energy to check out Santiago a bit. From what I saw it was a very nice city, if not a bit too Western. Got another 3 hours sleep that night (bringing my tally to about 6 hours over two days) before my flight to La Paz, so to be fair, I was suffering from a bit of exhaustion as well as altitude sickness...
Hopefully I adjust within the next couple of days, as I plan on making a 10 hour trip to the salt flats, but I don't know if I will if I'm not feeling better...
Altitude sickness is a bitch. I flew into AltoPlano airport (another 500m higher than central La Paz) yesterday from santiago and instantly I felt lightheaded. Being higher, the drive down into town was amazing from the airport - La Paz is in a basin surrounded by mountains and you get an amazing view of the whole place. Don't think the taxi driver touched the break pedal at all on the way down either, so we were driving down this near-vertical road at like 120kph. Anyway, had a fairly easy going afternoon, so as not to exert myself too much, but it wasn't enough. Seems my blood isn't carrying enough oxygen at the moment for both my brain and my stomach, so the chicken leg didn't stay down long at all. Have extended taking it easy today to eating nothing but 3 slices of toast and watching star wars 3 (a rewarding cultural south american experience). I have to acclimatise - softing out is not an option as the rest of my trip in south america is in the Andes. Tomorrow the new president is being inaugurated around the corner from the hostel. He's the first native president and a socialist so apparently there's going to be a bit of hullaballoo.
Had a pleasant few days in London before I left. Hana and I had a nice hotel room in Paddington for our last night and Hana took me to see Les Miserables (now I know what my pseudonym is all about..). Turned out Paddington is like 5 mins from Hyde Park (who knew?!) and specifically Anna Roberts' place (eliza's sister for those who don't know - where she and seany were staying). So I managed to catch up with them for 10 minutes before they rudely left for Ireland.
Had an ordinary flight to Santiago - was overnight - which normally isn't the worst but I was sitting on top of one of the heating vents so would keep waking up covered in sweat. Made it eventually and managed to find the energy to check out Santiago a bit. From what I saw it was a very nice city, if not a bit too Western. Got another 3 hours sleep that night (bringing my tally to about 6 hours over two days) before my flight to La Paz, so to be fair, I was suffering from a bit of exhaustion as well as altitude sickness...
Hopefully I adjust within the next couple of days, as I plan on making a 10 hour trip to the salt flats, but I don't know if I will if I'm not feeling better...
posted by YT at 8:29 am
5 Comments:
Roo roo,
As promised I am leaving a message. Just a quick question...
Are you so lonely?
Are you mr loney?
Do you have nobody?
Are you all on your own?
Man, London sucks at the moment, it is so bloody cold! Our prick of a landlord wants to raise our rent, which means that for one week I will be paying £100 for my room, which I share with tam and sel and all my bills. Totally shit, so we have all decided we are moving out. So if you know anyone who wants an overly priced single bed riddled with bedbugs, give them my number!
That’s about it from my end. Has the altitude sickness made you want to quit smoking?? Enjoy South America.
All my love, George-man.
I´m not too lonely.... Met a kiwi bloke yesterday and he convinced me not to soft out of the salt flats, so I´m going with him tonight.
Am feeling much better (though still not 100%), and yes struggling to breathe made me consider quitting, but some things are just too precious!
Roo roo,
How cool is this, I wrote a letter to TNT about being a patriotic Aussie for Australia Day and they are now going to put it on the net. Will email you the details!
Glad to hear the altitude sickness, didn't win over smoking!
All my love, George-man
Hey man,
Yt is Gay
Yt is Soft
hahaha
Well u asked me to leave something and im f**king bored right now.
I appreciate all comments but can we please use a bit more thought before publishing things on the internet...
jeeseus...
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