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Published: November 29th 2007
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Lake Titicaca
View of Lake Titicaca from the bus. Left Puno early in the morning after saying goodbye to the lovely couple who had looked after us. Our bus was about an hour late. We finally set off. The entire journey was so scenic and beautiful, we didnt want to sleep at all. So we had our iPod on, and listened to some raggae tunes while enjoying the scenery. For three quauters of the journey we were driving along Lake Titicaca, slowly realising the immense size of the lake.
First stop was the Bolivian border, no hassles crossing over. Jumped back onto the bus on the other side, was good to jump out and stretch the legs a bit.
Next stop was at Copacabana, here we stopped for an hour - so everyone could have lunch. Along with being sick in Puno with cold, we had also had food poisoning and were having trouble keeping food in. In Copacabana we had a good lunch and it stayed down, we were pretty happy about that and regaining our strength. After lunch we took a walk to the beach along the tourist market road (mentally comparing the price of stuff we had purchased in Peru). Bolivia is much cheaper. Then it back
Lake Titicaca again
was such a amazing view. to the bus, where we removed our bags from the one bus and loaded on the next bus.
Third stop was the funniest and we had not expected it or been informed. We were told to get of the bus and cross Lake Titicaca by ferry. Our bus was then put onto another ferry and crossed the lake as well. The ferry ride was pretty cool and a nice change from the bus. Also the waters were pretty rough from lots of ferries crossing I guess, so we got splashed by water and were quite wet. I was happy, after hearing that the lake was scared - I had wanted the water to purify me =)) The water was cold and I was soaked and happy. We jumped back on the bus on the other side of the lake.
As we approached La Paz, the traffic came to a stand still as there was some sort of procession going on - everyone had put on feather hats and were playing instruments and singing, huge crowd there watching and cheering. We just sat and enjoyed the show as well, slow the bus started to make its way out of the traffic
jam. La Paz was the same the traffic jam was so bad, that the taxi driver could not drop us of at the door of our accomodation. He had to park a street away and carry our bags to the door. People everyone were excited and there was some procession going on.
We booked into our hostel, a very nice hotel converted to a backpacker hostel. Work was still in progress. The room we were given was stinking of dampness and paint. So we requested to have our room changed. Said they would look into it. We quickly left and went to find out what the commotion in town as about. There seemed to be carnival spirit in the city. After a short walk we chanced upon a huge procession and huge crowd watching the and following the procession. It was so cool, people were waving flags and singing and cheering. We spent some time standing on the window sill of a near by building watching with amazment, then realized we had forgotted or camera and would have to show friends and family so run back to the hostel and grabbed the camera. Back at the procession, camera in hand,
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couldnt stop taking pics of it. we kept getting closer to the action - closing making our way throught the crowds. The excitment was catchy and we felt glad to have experienced the action. I think it was La Paz day or something - really wished we had taken some Spanish class before coming. Sure we missed a lot by not knowing the language.
After organising dinner we went to bed in the stinky room, we soon become immune to the smell. Promised that our room would be changed tomorrow.
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