Walking alongside Lago Titicaca takes you back to the safest summer imaginable; families singing together outside their campers while children are free to roam around attempting to talk English with strangers. Travellers swarmmned around Copacabana all dressed in the striped trousers and colourful wristbands that are available from all the market stalls around Bolivia; many carrying guitars to sing by the lake.The Bolivian flavour flew from the restaurants along the shore where families offered traditional dishes, usually not vegetarian so I benefited solely from the smell. I felt like I was in a small village from the 60's, but in a place far away from the rest of the world. The first evening was bitterly cold where I slept in at least two pairs of those striped trousers I had been tempted to buy. Our hostel
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