Isla's trail

At the Copa (& Isla del Sol)

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January 16th 2010
With our tickets in hand, we boarded our bus to Copacabana. A 7 hour ride to Puno, a one hour stopover and 4 hours, including a stop at the Peru-Bolivia border (no major issues, except that the bus got a flat and we needed to wait for them to change it). We arrived in Copacabana smelly (no shower since prior to the Inca trail) and tired. Having not booked a hostel we began searching and found the ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more