Well, we´ve finally said "adiós" to Peru and crossed the border into its land-locked neighbour, Bolivia. The border crossing was very easy, the immigration guards looked at my half-finished visa, stamped it and as I tried to explain that I was struggling with certain bits, he waved me off with a Spanish "whatever"! I think this chilled out attitude is a good sign. Although we crossed into Bolivia we didn´t go far, just 8km in fact to the small town of Copacabana, which like Puno is also on the shores of Lake Titicaca. First impressions of Bolivia were the following, nobody met us at the bus stop (this was highly unusual since normally you´re mobbed by people trying to sell stuff), it´s cheaper (approx. 1/3 of the cost of Peru - to get it in perspective,
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