Isla del Sol

Bolivia!
We made it to Copacabana, still on Lake Titikaka, with a very painless border crossing (the boarder guard guy who stamped our passports was actually chair dancing!). We hung around Copacabana for an afternoon, met up with Jon and Ave for a drink and dinner (they were on their way to La Paz), and enjoyed the beautiful scenery that the lake creates! Copacabana is a great little town, small and very touristy but with a laid-back attitude and lots of freindly people.

The next morning we hopped on a boat for Isla del Sol, and hiked from the north end of the island to the south... took about three hours at a VERY leisurely pace. The views were absolutely gorgeous, as you can see from the photo above, and we got to the south end of the island around 2pm, where we promptly parked on a balcony and drank wine and beer and ate snacks until the sun went down. Very relaxing! The sun was shining, and we were sitting around in t-shirts -- very much a luxury these days, being at such high altitude and all. Of course the nights are still very very chilly. The next day we caught a boat back to Copacabana and spent some more time... yes, that´s right... relaxing! We were catching up on journal-writing and book-reading and all that very important stuff!

Today we caught a minibus to La Paz, where we´ve met up with Jon and Ave once again, and tomorrow we head up to Rurrenbaque for a pampas tour! (grasslands, rivers, and wildlife). It´s supposed to be 20 to 30 degrees up there all the time, so we´re all anxious to soak up some more warm weather!!

What else to say about Bolivia... the people so far seem very friendly, and man oh man is it cheap! That´s all for now...