pictures from La Paz, Bolivia:

Calle Linares pedestrian mall, with Coca Museum sign

(Click the "read full post" link or the title link for more pictures if you don't already seen them.)

Coca Museum, exterior, Calle Linares 906

Church of San Francisco, at the Plaza of San Francisco, seen from Calle Sagarnaga

miners on hunger strike, Plaza San Francisco: "five months without working, and our children without food"

families of miners

(As these miner photos illustrate, cocaleros are one of a number of intersecting social movements in Bolivia.)

shoeshine boys, Plaza San Francisco -- one on left says he's a sharpshooter and wants to go to Iraq

"Anarcho Punks Seeking Equality" graffito, Calle Linares

pedestrian mall near Plaza Murillo

dried llama fetuses, said to ward off evil, at Witches' Market, Calle Linares

more Witches' Market

view of miners' demonstration

view of main drag El Prado, seen from Plaza San Francisco

"Combi" passenger vans, with man directing traffic

Hostal Republica, on Calle de Comercio -- $16 bucks a night, with bathroom, hot water and wireless internet, but no TV

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