Copacabana Harbor

Copacabana and Bolivian Border Crossings

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August 13th 2012
Puno to Copacabana entails a border crossing, the required passport paperwork that keeps most travelers anxious until your bestowed a requisite visa. We arrived after a comfortable two hour bus ride down Lake Titicaca's shores to the end of the Peruvian road and where Bolivia's begins. In between we obtained our Peruvian exit stamps from a bored customs agent, exchanged some dollars into B ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more