we spent much of 1982-1984 in La Paz and up to PE. We returned to La Paz about 6 years ago by air with our kids. The idea was to show them the places we kept talking about. We stayed at the Hotel Los Arcos on the malecon. With the exception of the Burger King and the Appleby's, central La Paz was remarkably just like we remembered it. In fact the places we hung out at back in the day were easy to find. It was almost as if we had been there last Hurricane season. It was still mellow and we spent days just wandering around. A great place still.