Copacabana

We entered Boliva by bus on Saturday, immigration was a breeze. You get off the bus in the border town, first off you change some money into Bolivians, then go into one Peruvian office get papers looked at, go next door and get your passport stamped for leaving Peru, you then walk three minutes up road and go to a Bolivian office to get your  passport stamped there. Done. Get back on bus. All sorted in about 20 minutes with no queue. 

About 30 minutes later by bus we arrived in Barry Mannilows favourite Bolivian spot Copacabana, on the shores of Lake Titicaca. After being on the road a fair bit we decided we would spend 3-4 days relaxing here. 

Bolivia is cheaper than Peru and its easy to spend time here just taking in the views. On Sunday we relaxed in a bar by the lake for an hour or so and shared a giant jug of homemade lemonade for about $2.00.  We also took a ride on a pedalo which I was convinced was going to sink with the swells of the lake and was a bit unsure about. 

It's high altitude here and sunny in the day but wooly hat weather a night . Rainy season has kicked in too, but so far it's only rained at night so we have stayed dry. 

On Monday, we took a boat trip to the Isla del Sol, we arrived on the north side about 10.45am, and took a short walk around the sites, had some lunch with a lake side view then got the boat around to the south side. Over there we then walked up hill in search of some Incan ruins (maps, guidance was a bit sketchy to say the least), we found something but it was closed, still we got some fantastic views so the uphill walk was still worth it. We returned and took the boat back to Copacabana at 5pm. You can stay overnight on the island and there is lots to see there but we weren't feeling up to another day of packing and unpacking so opted for a day trip.

Yesterday, we have had an admin day, roughly planning out the next few weeks of travel in Bolivia and booking our accomodation in La Paz for tomorrow and Sucre where we aim to be for Christmas. We also climbed up the Cerra Calvario a hill on our side of town that reaches 3966m for spectacular views of the town and the bay. 

Today its onwards to La Paz.