{"id":6450,"date":"2015-04-01T05:06:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T03:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=6450"},"modified":"2020-12-19T14:44:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T13:44:47","slug":"at-the-witch-market-in-la-paz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/04\/01\/am-hexenmarkt-von-la-paz\/","title":{"rendered":"At the witch market of La Paz"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Marvel at all sorts of bizarre goods at the witches&#039; market (Mercado de Hechicer\u00eda) in La Paz<\/li>\n<li>Detailed tour of the city center<\/li>\n<li>Evening shopping tour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Despite sleeping in and having a comfortable bed, we both have a slight headache. So the drastic difference in height is still noticeable. At breakfast we meet a Swiss couple who even top our travel time. And how! Fabienne and Johann are soon at the end of their two-year trip around the world (more information at: <a title=\"www.luckytravellers.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.luckytravellers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.luckytravellers.com<\/a>). Then we both write some more diaries and plan the afternoon tour of the city.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>We march into the center on the same route as yesterday. This time, too, we stroll through numerous souvenir stands until we get to the famous\u00a0<b>Mercado de Hechicer\u00eda<\/b>, the witch market. Here you can buy all kinds of bizarre goods for performing occult rites and traditional healing methods. The best known example of this are the dried ones <b>Llama fetuses\u00a0<\/b>and toucan beaks, but there are also all kinds of herbs, powders, tinctures and elixirs.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6434\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_04_01_1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=421424417  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6434\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_04_01_1.jpg\" alt=\"Market happenings in the center of La Paz\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_04_01_1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_04_01_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Market happenings in the center of La Paz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>We walk on to the <b>Iglesia de San Francisco<\/b>, which is now eagerly visited at Easter time. Right next door is the\u00a0<b>Mercado Lanza<\/b>. Arranged in small boxes, you will find pretty much everything your heart desires, sorted thematically. In one of these stalls we drink a fruit juice before continuing to the main square of La Paz: the\u00a0<b>Plaza Murillo<\/b>. Hundreds of pigeons fill the pretty square surrounded by the presidential palace, congress and the cathedral. We rummage through other busy streets in the center before we take a rest in a cafe.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6435\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_04_01.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=220350390  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6435\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_04_01.jpg\" alt=\"countless pigeons at the Plaza Murillo\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_04_01.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_04_01.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">countless pigeons at the Plaza Murillo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>In the meantime we have decided on another <b>Souvenir package<\/b> to send home. So now we buy big. Niki buys a large leather bag while I buy a warm alpaca sweater and a present for Mam. Of course, the obligatory haggling over the price should not be missing here. The remaining money is just enough for the traditional dinner before we take a taxi back to the hotel.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Marvel at all sorts of bizarre goods at the Mercado de Hechicer\u00eda<\/li>\n<li>Detailed tour of the city center<\/li>\n<li>Evening shopping tour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>Despite a good night&#039;s sleep and a comfortable bed, we both have a slight headache. The dramatic elevation change is still taking its toll. At breakfast, we meet a Swiss couple who are even exceeding our travel time. And how! Fabienne and Johann are almost at the end of their two-year trip around the world (more info at: www.luckytravellers.com). Afterwards, we both write a little in our journals and plan our afternoon tour of the city.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1320,1484],"tags":[1226,1306,1485,1493,1494,1495,1496,1497,1498,1499,1500],"class_list":["post-6450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-bolivien","category-la-paz","tag-shopping","tag-bolivien","tag-la-paz","tag-hexenmarkt","tag-mercado-de-hechiceria","tag-souvenirs","tag-lama-foeten","tag-tukan-schnaebel","tag-mercado-lanza","tag-plaza-murillo","tag-iglesia-de-san-francisco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}