View from our hostel on Isle del Sol

Bolivia & Northeast Chile

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September 13th 2010
When we left Puno, we got a bus across the Bolivian border to Copacabana. We more or less got a boat straight away to Isle del Sol on Lake Titicaca. Getting off the boat, we were greeted by loads of little children trying to bring us to their family's hostel. We ignored most of them and walked about half an hour up a very steep hill, with rucksacks attached, to a hostel that was recommended to us. ... read more

South America » Bolivia

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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