La Paz: Valley of the Moon.

Jaguar having lunch.

Today we went to the zoo. Yes, we all have the combined mental age of a toddler. It was good, plenty of Jaguars and Puma´s looking well hard. Bit of pity these amazing hunting beasts being locked up in a titchy cage, but crackin´to see. Some fun monkeys too.

After we were done oggling at the animals we went quad biking. Behind the zoo was a really large area of waste ground in which you could hire and ride around like mad fools, so on we hopped. It all seemed a little below board - zero instruction, next to zero safety measures and a cash in hand job, but it was fantasticly good! Maximum speed for the day was 56km/h which was pretty fast, particulary when you´ve got a screaming girl flapping in your ears. Lovelly-jubbly.

Me cruisin´.

Em looking hard (I jumped out the way in time, just).

After the 4-wheeled fun we when into the Valley of the Moon, named because it looks like your on the moon. Some very strange volcanic rock formations kicking around. As she had done a Geography degree, I asked Marie-T for a explanation of their formation, I got two answers: "Acid rain" and "Giants with picks". Tuition fees well spent then. Looked like giant termite mounds if you ask me.