Blogs from Lake Titicaca, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 5

From La Paz the only way to Copacabana without having to go overland through Peru is to cross Lake Titicaca from the east by small motor launch. The bus had its own barge! The whole journey took about 3 hours from La Paz on a bus with no heating, alpaca rugs all round. There's two Copacabana's, our one is the Bolivian capital in the Titicaca Lake area which is shared with Peru to the west and north. Lake Titicaca is 8400sqkm and is the highest lake of its size at altitude in the world (3808m),and we felt it once walking to our lovely but leaky hostal, Las Olas. It was in an amazing situ just below the Cerro Calvario with views for miles down the lake when it wasn't raining, which was mostly in the ... read more

Lod na ostrov nam odchadzala o 8.30 a trvala asi 2 hodinky, v predajni listokov nam povedali 15 minut, ale uz nas to ani nezarazilo. Na lodi sme znovu stretli Petera a dohodli sme sa ze pojdeme spolu. Ostrov vyzeral krasne, zase sme sa citili ako niekde v stredozemi. Ostrov bol porasteny eukalyptovymi stromami, v dialke bola vidiet Cordillera Real, ked tu nejeka inske ruiny a krasne plaze. Na jednej z nich sme sa rozhodli oddychnut si a Stanik s Petarom si isli zaplavat, vraj to bolo ozviezujuce, co pre mna znamena studene. Pomali sa zacal priblizovat vecer a my sme kracali okolo maleho hotela s krasnym vyhladom na Titicaca a samozrejme sa rozhodli ostat a vychutnat si zapad slnka. Tak sme len tak sedeli vonku, pili pivko, rozpravali sa a pozerali na nadherny zapad slnka ... read more

Departing Peru We were due to leave Puno on a 7:30AM bus, which we booked the night before. Our travel agent had told us that we would be picked up from our hostel and taken to the bus station. Since our bus was taking us to Bolivia, we spent the last of our Peruvian soles that night, although we returned to our hostel to discover that the Boss had s/6 left in her purse. After checking out at 7, we sat out front of the hostel to wait for our 7:10 pick up. By 7:15 we were starting to worry when a girl came out of the hostel and asked “Joseph and Fiona?” We nodded, she gave us our tickets and disappeared. We really should have learned by then that “pick up” meant no such thing. ... read more

After leaving La Paz we headed for Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The bus ride from La Paz to Copacabana in a great ride. After reading online that the road wasn't known for safety I have come to the assumption that this was outdated. For once in Bolivia the whole journey was on a paved road. We arrived in Copacabana late in to the afternoon. We headed for a hostel that Clinton's guidebook had recommended. Not sure of the name but it is a HI Hostel. Basically we got a three bed room on the top floor right on the 'beach' for about £4 a night. The reason to stay here isn't for the room or the showers which again were cold. But for the amazing sunset views from the balcony. An absolutely stunning ... read more

Hi all, it has been many months since I have updated my blog. I gues I have been thinking about it in the back of my mind and processing my thoughts and perhaps this has led to a clarity produced by time and distance? Anyway we shall see. For the next hour or so I will try to get back inside the experience I had and relay it to you. Although I may miss some details, our memory is basically perception isn't it? After Brasil I said goodbye to my travel friends - Frederico, Fabio (the Italians) and Hilde (the Dutch girl). There is always something bittersweet about goodbyes I find and no matter how many I do I am never good at them. There is the twinge of sadness of leaving people who you've had ... read more