Blogs from Lake Titicaca, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 7

Lake Titicaca the highest navigable lake in the world at a shade under 4000m! Titi being the Quechuan word for Puma and Caca being the word for drink......putting it together the lake´s name basically means "Where the Puma Comes to drink!" You can tell we were listening on some of our guided tours! We bused from La Paz to Copacobana, the main Bolivian town (villiage is probably a more apt description) on the edge of the lake. The only real highly of the trip is when you get to the twin towns of San Pietro and San Paulo......here you get off the bus and get a boat across a narrow part of Lake Titicaca, whilst the bus drives onto a barge and floats across. We got to Copa and found a hostel. Lonely planet was a ... read more

Hello Uuurrrrgh what a journey! We last left you in Uyuni in the South of Bolivia and our next destination was to be Copacabana, in the far North - a trip that was made up of a 13hr bus ride taking us to La Paz and then another 4hr bus ride from there. When our luxury bus arrived in Uyuni we felt quite smug that we´d manage to book early enough to get the seats at the very front on the top deck and so tonnes of room. It turned out to be a prime viewpoint for the journey ahead. We off-roaded through dessert, followed haphazard diversions which took us toppleing down embankments (for which we were holding our breath as we were sure we were about to capsize!) and drove through flooded rivers (the run-up ... read more

A 6hour journey from La Paz to Peru we stopped at Lake Titicaca to check out the worlds highest lake... read more

As always apologies as the blog is nearly a month behind we are....so I will try to fill in whar happened after La Paz. We left La Paz to begin the journey up to Cusco in Peru, with the constant aim of making it in time for the inca trail, and we were on schedule. We travelled north from La Paz to Lake Titicaca, one of the worlds highest lakes at around 3,800 metres above sea level. It was an incredible experience to drive across the mountains at such high altitude to then meet what literally looks like the sea. The lake is roughly 50 miles by 115 miles spanning both Bolivia and Peru, and so is huge (and has been described as an in-land sea), and is also very beautiful. The water is a striking ... read more

Schon als Kind habe ich von dem See gehoert - das war damals was ganz Exotisches. Ein besonderes Gefuehl, wenn man ploetzlich dann dort ist - am Titicacasee. 2 Tage in Copacabana (na ja, reicht in Waerme und Strandqualitaet nicht an seinen grossen Namensgeber ran) und 2 Tage Trekking auf der Isla del Sol. Copacabana ist recht touristisch, aber ein sehr angenehmer und entspannter kleiner Ort. Besonders empfehlenswert ist der westliche Huegel der Stadt. Wir sind zum Sonnenuntergang hinaufgeklettert und hatten einen tollen Blick ueber den See. Zu unserer grossen Freude haben wir beim Abendessen zufaellig Al und Aliston getroffen, die wir in der Sprachschule in Quito kennengelernt haben. Sie kamen gerade nach langer Busfahrt aus Cusco. Es ware ein froehliches Wiedersehen bei ein paar Pacenas (gutes bolivianisches Bierchen). Auf der Isla del Sol haben wir ... read more