Blogs from Isla del Sol, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 4

Lago Titicaca is only a few hours from La Paz and, although we'd seen it from the Peruvian side last time around, we wanted to see the Bolivian part. It should have been a simple matter of grabbing a bus to Copacabana, and at first it was. We bought our tickets, and settled down to wait. Then, confusion. The manager of the bus station started to abuse the ticket sellers. Apparently the road to Copacabana was closed – protests and unrest – and they shouldn't have been selling tickets. Really? Did we need to reassess? No, we were assured, as long as you don't want to go onto Perú you would have no problems. The thing is, most tourists do want to go onto Perú. So, when we got on the bus, the police boarded and ... read more

Otimme paivaretken Isla del Solille, suomeksi Auringon saari. Laiva vei meidat ensin saaren pohjoisosaan. Otimme argentiinalaisen pariskunnan kanssa yhteisen oppaan, jonka kanssa kavimme katsomassa raunioita. Tyttäreni ei laittanut päiväksi lakkia päähän ja polttikin päänahkansa. Kavely rasitti aika paljon. Kun laiva poikkesi paluumatkalla saaren etelaosassa, ei huvittanut lahtea yhtaan kiipeamaan portaita ylospain. Illalla kiertelin kaupungilla. En ehtinyt kuvaamaan auringonlaskua, mutta kylläkin sen jälkeisiä näkymiä.... read more

Après l'épisode de l'inondation à Rurrenabaque, par mesure de sécurité due à une route probablement bien détruite par la pluie, nous avons choisi l'avion afin de revenir à Lapaz. Je pense que ce fût là l'une des meilleures décisions que j'aurai prise dans ma vie ;).. pour vous donner une idée, j'ai rencontré une fille qui aura fait Rurrenabaque - Lapaz en autobus, une ou deux journées avant mon arrivée, et ça lui aura coûté au moins 30 heures d'autobus, au lieu d'un 18 heures en temps normal.. Sans comptez que des autobus ont pris trois jours.. oui.. TROIS, pour atteindre Rurrenabaque depuis Lapaz, la fin de semaine avant que nous repartions.. Bref. C'est à l'aéroport de Lapaz qu'un couple de français et moi-même, avons dit au revoir à Loïc, mon compagnons de voyage depuis plus ... read more

It took us 3 hours to get from Puno to Copacabana, with a quick stop at the border. The four Americans on board were rushed to the immigration office because we had some lengthy paperwork to fill out. All other nationalities got stamped through but we had to fork over a hefty $135USD for our visa. Once we arrived in Copacabana we checked into a very... interesting hostel. It was called 6 de Agosto and at 25 Bolivianos ($3.56USD) per night we couldn't complain. Besides, once we got rid of the bedspreads it wasn't so bad. (We just used our own sleeping bags and pillow cases). Copacabana is even smaller than Puno. The main street is pleasant, it has quite a few shops, restaurants, coffee shops and leads right down to the docks. In the morning ... read more

From La Paz, Paul and I went to Copacabana for a night to visit Isla del Sol. We walked the whole island in a day; it was beautiful... full of Inca ruins and surrounded in waters of every shade of blue. ... read more