Copacabana, Bolivia: 18-19th Feb 10

Yesterday we chilled out in Copacabana, reading our books and catching up on sleep.

Today was much more action packed as we visited Isla Del Sol – this is an Island on Lake Titicaca, an hour and a half sail away from Copacabana.


Isla Del Sol is famous as the Incas believed it was the birth place of the Sun God, where the beginning of all creation took place.


We arrived at the north of the island around 11am, the idea being that you then visit the Inca ruins and hike across the Island to the South, to be picked up again by the waiting boat. Unfortunately they only give you about 4 hours for the trek, which is about 8km up and down hills, so you really don’t have time to dilly dally!


We were joined on the walk by Tania, who is Dutch and Lex, a chap from London who builds charity web sites.


The walk was beautiful, often with views for miles of Lake Titicaca on both sides of us – it was very sunny and the hills could be quite grueling but we managed to get back to the boat in time - even with a short stop off for our packed lunch in a ruined farmhouse.


In the evening Matt and I had to change guest houses as the first one had messed up our booking – our new room in the adjacent guest house was excellent – complete with an indoor garden, hammocks and a 20-foot window over- looking the bay!


Tania and Lex joined us for drinks on our terrace and then dinner in town. Lex leaves for Peru tomorrow, heading the way we’ve already been, and Tania is moving on to La Paz in a couple of days where we’ll meet up with her again!