¡HOLA! Am Freitagabend hab ich mich klischeemaessig von Cochabamba und Lizzy verabschiedet (sie ist im August nicht mehr da, wenn ich zurueck komme...). Erich kann leider nicht mit, er muss seine Seminararbeit zu Ende schreiben... Jeden ersten Freitag des Monats gibts in Bolivien ziemlich interessante Rituale zu Ehren der Pachamama (Mutter Erde). Zufaellig sind wir in ein Lokal/Musem gestolpert, wo gerade dieses Ritual zelebriert wurde. Es gab Caipirinia um 50 Cent und gratis Kokablaetter, sowie typisches bolivianisches Essen (kleine Kuhherzen am Spiess...Jeronimo hat mir versichert, das [View Full Entry]

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We just spent a night in Copacabana after arriving and got up early the next day to catch the 8.30 boat to Isla del Sol. This little Island in the huge lake Titicaka is really very nice! Landscape is really beautiful - just have a look at the pictures. We did the nice one-day walk from the northern end of the island to the southern end. It is not really a long one and even though the Lake and the Island are at some more than 3500m the walk is not too strenous. On the way back the boat stops at [View Full Entry]

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Following our jungle and pampas adventures we flew back to La Paz -slept there over night and caught a 3 hour bus in the morning to Copacabana which is part of the infamous Lake Titicaca. Lake Titicaca is one of the highest navigable lakes in the world. So... besides having a great name, there is also something cool about it. We arrived to Copacabana which is on the southern section of the lake. To get there, we bused from La Paz ($45 Bolivianos). Towards the end of our journey, we had to get off the bus and onto a small boat [View Full Entry]

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Justin and I arrived by around noon. First thing we saw was a donkey running up the street dragging a rope behind it. First impression: a whole lot more touristy than La Paz. But because La Paz is the 'big city', Cocacabana is a whole lot cheaper as well, for lodging. Meal prices were more expensive, but the food was better. Walking around, the 'touristy broken record sound' was very present. Repetitive touts for "Tickets La Paz, Puno, Isle del sole" become part of the the background before you knew it. I just assumed my Asia trip 'I don't hear you, [View Full Entry]

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All went well when returning from Rurrenabaque. Our flight left on time, we arrived on time in La Paz, went back to get our big bags from Wild Rover and caught a taxi to catch a bus to Copacabana and Lake Titicaca. All went well until our taxi was caught in one of the many La Paz protests. We sat for about 15 minutes waiting for the people to clear out of the street, but when it didn’t happen our driver took measures into his own hands. Up onto the sidewalk we went, driving maybe 100 feet on the sidewalk, honking [View Full Entry]

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So after all the crap that happened with TAM I wasn´t real positive that we would leave the jungle on time......but amazingly our flight left right on time and had us in La Paz by 9:30am. If only our first flight went this smoothly. Our plan was to catch a bus for three hours to Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca so we ran back by Wild Rover to pick up our big packs and headed off to catch the bus. Of course on the way there we ran into yet another protest with this one literally blocking our path [View Full Entry]

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Der beruehmte Titicaca-See. Der groesste See Suedamerikas und dazu noch ziemlich hoch. Naemlich ungefaehr 3800 Meter. Aber an die Hoehe waren wir ja mittlerweile gewoehnt. Da wir nachmittags in La Paz losgefahren sind, haben wir den See leider erst mal nur im dunkeln sehen koennen. Aber man konnte schon ungefaehr erahnen, wie riesig er ist. Die Fahrt war uebrigens die furchbarste meines bisherigen Lebens, sogar noch schlimmer als von Villazon nach Tupiza. Weil wir dem Gerede vertraut hatten, es wuerden den ganzen Tag Busse von La Paz nach Copacabana (das war unser erstes Ziel am See) fahren, [View Full Entry]

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Rested and restless, I was in need of some action. The parties at the Loki and Wild Rover had grown stale. The frequency with which the travellers changed in these places was staggering. Five old and fifty-five new faces every night. Where are you from? Where have you been so far? Questions a short-term traveller may revel in replying became tiring after half a year on the road. The question Patrik (Swiss; Peru and Chile if you must know) and I had coined in Santiago for fun: What's your favourite colour? though simple and seemingly silly sounding (you're welcome to write [View Full Entry]

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Last Friday we left the busy, loud, jam packed city of La Paz and headed to Lago Titi Kaka (Lake Titicaca - Lake of the Grey Puma) which is an enormous lake that borders Bolivia and Peru. It´s sometimes referred to as the highest lake in the world (with some of the islands reaching over 4,000m in height) but this isn´t actually true, there are 2 higher lakes (in Peru and Chile). Nevertheless, Lake Titicaca is nothing short of beautiful and breathtaking (quite literally due to the altitude) and we decided to check out the islands on both sides. 40% of [View Full Entry]

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Lake Titicaca the highest navigable lake in the world at a shade under 4000m! Titi being the Quechuan word for Puma and Caca being the word for drink......putting it together the lake´s name basically means "Where the Puma Comes to drink!" You can tell we were listening on some of our guided tours! We bused from La Paz to Copacobana, the main Bolivian town (villiage is probably a more apt description) on the edge of the lake. The only real highly of the trip is when you get to the twin towns of San Pietro and San Paulo......here you get off [View Full Entry]

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