Blogs from Lake Titicaca, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 3

We were not incredibly excited about visiting Copacabana but we had to pass through this highly touristy place to get to the amazing Isla del Sol. We have to admit, we underestimated this little town, although we were lucky to be in the right place at the right time. We arrived in the afternoon and it was already too late for a boat to the island. We could not even be bothered with looking for accommodation and we took a room in a very reasonably priced Hotel Colonial just because it was next to the bus stop (100B/15$ with breakfast). We took a stroll around the main road filled with restaurants, bars and souvenir stalls and we were not impressed. We don’t quite understand how people can stay there for a week but hey, it is ... read more

Hola Amigos, ...nachdem ich mit meinen 8 chilenischen Amigos in La Paz angekommen sind (einer fuhr zum Flughafen) und wir uns mit Sandwichen gestaerkt haben, habe ich mich entschieden TIWANAKU zu ueberspringen und mit den (nun 7) chilenischen Amigos nach Copacabana am "Lago de Titicaca" zu reisen. Mit den Chilenen zu reisen war mir eine gute Sprachschule. Die Chilenen sprechen einen schwierigen spanischen Dialekt und meistens auch sehr schnell. Da ein paar von ihnen ausreichend Englisch sprachen, konnte wir mit unserem "Spanglisch" gegenseitig unsere Sprachkenntnisse aufbessern. Copacabana ist eine schoene tourisitisch gepraegte Stadt. Hier verbrachten wir eine Nacht in meinem mit 20 Bolivianos pro Nacht bisher billigsten Hostal. Am naechsten Morgen schnappten wir uns frueh die Fahere nach ISLA DEL SOL. Meine Sitznachbarin auf der Fahere war eine kommunikative und echt "nette" Cost... read more

Thankfully, mercifully, whatever one may say about a three hour journey that took us from La Paz to the shores of Copacabana on Lake Titicaca, we arrived safe and unharmed for what would be a two night stay. Rather than stay in the town of Copacabana itself, a pleasant place with all the creature comforts you could hope for at this stage of our trip, we decided upon the advice of others to stay on the Isla del Sol itself, situated within the lake accessed via 90 minute boat ride. Given the natural beauty of the island and its place in the history of the Incas, it was not such a difficult decision. The lake itself is found at 3,841m above sea level and despite other smaller lakes found around the world being at higher altitudes, ... read more

Hi all, Since our last blog we have travelled a bit but have struggled to get good internet connection AND a computer that will allow us to download pictures. Apologies for lack of pics but we will upload as soon as poss! PUNO - floating islands We arrived here (still in Peru btw) from the excitment of the jungle and stayed in Puno city centre which was an average sort of place - nothing to write home about. We had booked a tour to the floating islands (Uros) the next morning and paid for our coach to Copacobana in Bolivia. We got picked up and taken to the shores of the lake which is stunning and MASSIVE. Hard to believe it is a lake, rather than a small sea... We hopped on a boat and headed ... read more

Breakfast and down to the quayside. The Dragoman trip coming the other way from Rio to Lima was in Copacabana at the same time as us although they were staying at a different hotel and it was arranged that the two groups would head out together to the Isla del Sol which legend says is the birthplace of the Incan Sun God. The boat trip was fairly tedious in a rather delapidated boat. It took a while to get going because the leader from the other group who accompanied us seemed to think that 30 odd people could fit into one boat and finally, had to hire a second one. Neither boat had a toilet and the trip was over two hours to reach the island. We were both first off to find the nearest rocky ... read more