The In-between.. Lake Titicaca!

Hola everyone,

Even though we always do the blog updates together, Adam is the one actually writting as I can definitely be lazy sometimes with my english.. but today no choice I will be the one writting, excuse my english then!

After our 4 nights in Arequipa we left for the small port of Puno which is one of the main Peruvian "city" around Lake Titicaca. We arrived around 3pm and only stay there for the night in order to get our cross border bus to Bolivia.
Early start the next morning to take our 7.30am bus to Copacabana Bolivia with a new bus company Tour Peru, a bit sad to leave Cruz Del Sur our top notch peruvian bus company! The bus journey last in total 4 hours but you had a 30 minutes wait at the Peru-Bolivia Border which went rather smoothly. We were lucky enough to have front seats on the top level of the bus.. Amazing view of glittering Lake Titicaca! The size of this lake is unbelievable, we are still trying to find out which country it would equal in terms of superficy, it seems as if it's never gonna end.

Adios Peru, Hola Bolivia!

We arrived in the small and charming town of Copacabana in the afternoon which gave us time to found a really cheap and ok hostal owned by a local family wearing pretty cool typical Bolivian clothes!
We planned to stay in Copacabana for 2 nights so that we can do a day trip to the Isla del Sol which is the legendary Inca creation site and the birthplace of the sun in Inca mythology.

Early the next morning, we took a slow boat to the north of the Isla del Sol (the journey last 2 hours) where we arrived on a little beach surrounded by mountains.The island has a good network of walking tracks which make exploration easier however the sun and the 4000m altitude can take their toll. We walked up and down hill for a good 4 hours before reaching the south of the island where boats are waiting for travellers who wants to go back to Copacabana. There is the option to stay overnight as hostal and pizzerias have exploded in the last years. Hiking on the island is great as the scenery change pretty quickly from little beaches, to small villages, schools, no mans land or farms.. you walk right next to sheeps, pigs, donkeys, Llamas and dogs which are everywhere!

Back to Copacabana we enjoyed strolling through the street markets and eating some pretty amazing burgers!
After a sweet breakfast with lake view the following morning, we took our bus to La Paz for a 4 hours journey including a 10 minutes boat trip in the middle. Travellers on a tiny boat and bus on another small boat made of woodsticks, an experience!

It is only once arrived at our 3* hotel in La Paz after being transferred from our hostal which was full (nice upgrade :) that we realised we were missing two things rather useful, our passeports! To be continued..

Hasta Luego Amigos,
G&A