Tuesday 1 July 2008

1.7.8 All the essentials

We are lucky enough to have guests to visit, which requires the provision of luxuries like somewhere to sleep. In La Paz’s number one department store, there may be a dearth of tasteful John Lewis-style goodies but they do offer a fine line in luxury, quilted washing machine covers. I bought two.

In the black market, we bought alpacha wool blankets and the only bed cover we could find — soft-focus tigers on one side and cuddly pandas on the other. Book your flights now.

Having visitors means we have to take them out. After a rather unfortunate day, we took Emma to the Radisson. This is as swanky as La Paz gets, and from the 14th floor bar the night-time cityscape beneath the stars was spectacular. My eye was caught by a new light as the moon rose from behind the mountains. Fabulous.

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