Copacabana (Isla del Sol)
Trip Start
Oct 16, 2007
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Trip End
Jun 21, 2008
Copacabana, Bolivia
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
After a cold start on the boat, 2.5hrs later we found ourselves at the North end of the Isla del Sol. The Island is beautiful and is said to be where the Incas originated from. We started a steady climb up to the top of the Island which is pretty hilly and stopping on route to see Inca ruins, the table where they made sacrifices and the traditional way in which so many of the inhabitants were living. we hiked for about 3 hours to the south of the island over the top. The walk was spectacular with the lake all around us and we hardly saw anyone else which really made the whole experience so much better. We came across a flock of sheep and there was the cutest black lamb amongst them (check out the pics). With a few stops on the way for a drink or snack we finally arrived at the south of the island which is much more commercial. There were still fewe people around however and a lot of the restaurants were closed, much to Henry´s dissapointment as a bano was high on his agenda at the time. Finally we found somewhere to get some food before we had to make our way down to the port to get the boat back to Copacabana.
Exhausted from a full day trekking, we then had to run to the bank to get a cash advance when we got back to Copacabana before it closed. After booking a bus to Cusco, Peru for the following morning and after a freshen up we made our way out to a restaurant/bar which had been promoting live music. It turned out to be a very small and intimate place which was crammed with people but we found a table and the food was awesome! The live music was different but pretty good, two guys playing African Jazzy stuff and they tried to get people involved by passing around different percussion instruments. We also bumped into a guy we had met back in Salta, Argentina who unfortunatly had dislocated his shoulder doing biking in La Paz so was struggling doing everything with his left arm. Bless! After numerous cocktails and beers we finally crashed out, ready to catch the bus to Cusco, Peru the following morning.
