Viala and I met for breakfast at 10am in the hotel, I still had a headache, but I forced myself to get up if even just to get some water. After breakfast, we went walking around town again. We didn´t really have anywhere specific to visit, just wanted to see a little more of the city. We walked to a few different plazas, watching the local women and kids feeding birds and just sitting around.

We saw a lot of shoe shiners, and the interesting thing about them was that they were dressed as if they were about to mug someone, with a baseball cap on, and a ski mask over top, with a hole cut in it so the brim of the hat can fit through. I read that the reason they cover up like that is to retain their anonymity, since shoe shining isn´t exactly a prestigious career.

The Lonely Planet has a section on "the most interesting tourist attraction in La Paz" - the San Pedro Prison. Most of the inmates are in there for drug charges of one kind or another. It used to be open for visitors on thursdays and sundays, where anyone could go in and have a "tour." The tours are no longer conducted, but sometimes you can get still visit with the inmates if you say you are a "friend" or a "relative." Viala and I happened upon the prison while we were walking and we started talking to one of the guards. There were visitors gathered outside the main gate, and we were told we couldn´t cross to the other side of the street to where the gate was. As we were starting to leave, another guard walked up to us and handed us a piece of paper (front back). It was from one of the inmates that must have heard us speaking english and was inviting us to visit with him. The guard took us over to the gate and we spoke with James for a few minutes through the gate. He has been in San Pedro for 5 years on drug charges and hopes to get out in about 6 months, and then he plans to return to Cape Town, South Africa, where he is from. We only had a few minutes to talk to him, with the other visitors that were chatting through the gates, and he was asking us to call the number he gave us on the note and come back during normal visiting hours (tomorrow). Hmmm... I don´t think we are going to do that. Talking to prisoners from behind a gate is enough for me.

My headache is starting to subside and the nausea has gone away (for now), so I´m looking forward to a good nights sleep tonight!