Returning to a new place
3 min readAug 18, 2021
Every year, I return to my hometown of La Paz in the Andean altiplano of Bolivia. Every time, the city seems unchanged at first. Its downtown core continues hidden in a valley of jagged highland mountains. Its high-altitude air, two and a half miles above sea level, always feels thin and cold.
It is only on the drive from the airport I can notice the change since my last visit. Undeveloped land has been replaced by…
