One of Europe's greatest hostels. Housed in a renovated mansion just a few minutes' walk from Bairro Alto's shopping and nightlife, the Oasis is also just down the hill from Miradoura de Santa Catarina.
On Monday and Wednesday nights, amateurs are invited to come into A Tasco do Chico, stand when it's their turn, and sing traditional fados to the small and crowded audience. You never know if the person sitting next to you might be the next to sing, but you can bet that they will strike up a conversation and might even offer to translate the meaning of the beautiful fado songs, a traditional Portugese genre of music about love and mourning and the occasional celebration.
Carniceros (butchers) have a flying license and can take some of the rusting metal of the corrosion corner of the Aeropuerto International de La Paz to fetch meat grown in Bolivia's Lowlands ...
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