La Paz's cableway called 'Mi Teleférico' has three lines; Yellow, Red and Green Line. It's the longest and built in the highest site in the world as a public transportation.
Parque Mirador Station of Yellow Line, Línea amarilla, from El Alto with the airport to the center of La Paz.
Yellow Line, Línea amarilla, takes about 10 minutes from El Alto of the altitude 4,000m to the center of La Paz of the altitude 3,650m.
(Copy from Google)
Capacity of a gondra with two 5-seat-bench is 10 persons.
The mortar-shaped La Paz has severe traffic jams because of a lot of slopes. So it's said that more new six lines of the cableway are planned.
video (1 min 11 sec) Landscape seen from Yellow Line, Línea amarilla. Mortar-shape of La Paz can be confirmed.
The La Paz population is about 1.1 million people. More than 50% are indigenous people. La Paz has the most indigenous people in South America.
Houses made with sun-dried bricks are standing on slopes of the mortar.
video (2 min 18 sec) Gondra passing over roofs of many houses. It's a feeling of Peter Pan flying in the sky!
There are high-rise buildings at the bottom of the mortar and small houses of poorer people on the slopes.
Mi Teleférico, the name of La Paz's cableway, means 'My Cableway' in Spanish.
End of Cableway. return to countries visited
