Copacabana, Bolivia 🇧🇴

I was gutted to be up too early to get a final good breakfast but I grabbed a couple of bananas and said goodbye to the lovely hostal family. I stepped outside into a flower market, lovely scent in the air with Cholitas sat along the pavement selling their bunches (mainly gladioli).  I had a early pick up this morning by Bolivia Hop, on time but we had to walk a bit to the bus as there are road closures for this weekend’s parade. We pick up at other hostals but soon begin our climb out of the city of La Paz onto flatter plains. We have 4 hours to Copacabana, the Bolivian town on the shores of Lake Titicaca. It is a big pilgrimage town and the larger Copacabana in Brazil is rumoured to be named after it. The scenery is interesting, mainly due to the corn fields that continue in a largely flat landscape. Quite a welcome change from the hills of La Paz. We do get to watch The Lion King which is in English, I’ve not really been watching any television so it is nice to pass the time. We are about half an hour out when we need to cross part of the lake. They have these shabby barges that they load the coach and cars onto, whilst we take a passenger boat. The coach looks a little unstable tilting to the front but it makes it and we soon climb back onboard.

We arrive for lunchtime in a lovely bay with the lake water lapping on the shore. The sun is shinning and feeling quite warm, my hotel is only 20yards away and I am delighted with my double room that has a balcony overlooking the lake. There is not much to do here apart from relaxing and drinking some vino whilst enjoying the spectacular sunsets.