Boliva!

We left Aeriquipa a few days ago and crossed into Bolivia and stayed a night in copacabana on Lake Titicaca. It was beautiful. The town itself was pretty touristy with a bunch of travel agents and hotels but the next day we went to stay on Isla del Sol, an island an hour and half from Copacabana in the Lake. We had a steep thirty minute hike to get to our hostel. That combined with the altitude (11000 feet) made my foot a little unhappy but the view was worth it! I actually slept that afternoon while James went for a hike, but I went for a short walk the next morning before our boat back to Copacabana.

We then went to La Paz. I think we got the last seats on the bus because we got to sit up front with the driver for the 3 hour journey. That meant we got great views and alot of leg room! Our first impressions of La Paz were not great... It´s not a very pretty city, but we walked around after checking into a hostel and the place is beginning to grow on us. The hostel was NOT nice, so we are moving to another one today that is slightly more expensive ($6!) It will hopefully be slightly nicer and a little more sociable. We both need to take a much needed shower! The markets in La Paz are supposed to be nice so I am going to get some warm clothing as it is pretty cold here and shorts/tshirts just don´t cut it. There is also a witch´s market near where we stayed last night. With all sorts of natural remedies including llama fetuses!?!? There are also meant to be a couple of good museums - the coco museum and an instrument museum we may try and check out.