Blogs from Lake Titicaca, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 6

Captains log stardate 04:17, 30th november, 2009.. Copacabana, Bolivia. Hola folks! this is my 1st blog.. so go easy yeah. Mi chico, Judy has been doin a great job dont you think? She has persisted through all the hassles n frustrations of painfully slow South american computers. Im writting this on a cool little sun terrace in mid Arequipa (a week ago) Family run hostel in centre.. palm trees n ramshackled houses to my south.. the mighty El Misty (5822m) flanked by the ragged snow capped Chachani (6075m) to my north.. AWESOME! 27C clear blue blue sky with just a squaking parrot for company. Im writing this in my note pad before typing it up.. its easier for slexidics like myself. Lets begin with the most important thing 1st.. food! What is 10 inches long 2 ... read more

¡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, dass sie extrem lecker waeren...ich glaubs ihm...ohne zu probieren...) Das Ritual ist echt spannend - ein priesteraehnlicher Typ in buntem Poncho erklaert, was er so macht und was so wichtig ist an der Pachamama, danach stellen sich alle (inklusive uns) in einer Reihe an und opfern je 2 Kokablaette... read more

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 to drive us across a small section of water. The bus made its way across via a barge. Why the Bolivian government didn't pave the road the entire way around (probably a 15 minute drive ... read more

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 at pedestrians until we finally reached the street again. Go cabbie! We arrived at the cemetery in La Paz, where we picked our bus up from and paid our fare and got on. We didn’t ... read more

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 the Lake is in Bolivia and 60% is in Peru. We stayed on Isla Del Sol (Island of the Sun) on the Bolivian side where the story goes that this is where the sun was ... read more