Rebeck

Lake Titicaca Leaving La Paz behind us, we thoroughly expected the bus to Copacabana to be late, being pleasantly surprised when it arrived on time and was uneventful, due to no chickens on board, working air conditioning and actual leg room! It was only 3 ½ hours to Copacabana so it went by in a flash, with a short boat journey half way through. On the bus we met two Danish girls, Sarah and Katja whom we quickly became friends with, and we ended up travelling together for a few weeks.We booked into a hostel, 6 de Agosto which was insanely cheap, and arranged to visit Isle de Sol on Lake Titicaca for the following day. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into, the boat over to the island took 2 hours and ... read more

Tupiza : : After crossing the border into Bolivia, (seemingly correctly) we got a train to Tupiza lasting about 3 hours. On the train they played the film Spartacus which seemed like an odd choice as it was only early afternoon, with a full train of travellers, and lots of families with small children, and Spartacus is very bloody and....... racy, shall we say! Anyway, ignoring that, the views from the window were awesome, as the train powered through a dessert with lovely mountains in the distance. Arriving in Tupiza we luckily met some staff from the hotel we were staying at, yes a hotel not a hostel!!! We got shown to our rooms and there were single beds... not bunk beds! It was incredible, the first time we hadn't stayed in bunk beds for ... read more

Carnaval Well we had a week in Copacabana for carnaval and it was absolutely amazing! We met some amazing people and had the most incredible time even though it rained for most of the week, it did not stop us from partying just as hard! We arrived at our hostel in Copacabana at about 8pm and whilst checking in we straight away got asked by a bunch of people to head out with them! Most of the people staying there were English speaking, being mainly English with a scattering of Americans and Australians so communication was not a problem! So we dumped our bags and headed straight out to Lapa, which we were told is great for a night out! In Lapa we visited the famous tiled steps, and they were quite hidden away, at ... read more

so the time has finally arrived, the jazzy trio (aka me, Lisa and Hannah) are finally leaving! I'm quite sure a lot of people may actually be quite relieved as I know I have been doing ridiculous countdowns for far too long now! Think I may have turned into one of those people that people are saying "are you still here?" about! I apologise for that To say that I am going to miss everyone is an understatement, shed a few tears already and the airport later on today (about 6 hours away!) is going to be horrific! But saying that, I know that this next year and a bit is going to be incredible, full of its share of ups and downs, lets hope a lot more ups though. Packing has proven to be a ... read more