Monday, 11 October 2010

Boliva begins - Isla del sol

After our night on Uros island we headed over to Taquile island which turned out to be very dissapointing. After literally a walk up to the plaza, lunch and a walk over the other side we headed back to Puno (yes that really is what that island trip consisted of!). I stayed the night there and Ceri headed back to the orphanage. I had a real dilemma as to whether I should just go back to the orphanage with her as I really missed the kids already. Obviously I decided to carry on with the Gringo trail and crossed over the Bolivian border to Copacabana. I met an Australian woman on the bus so we decided to share a hostal together and head to the islands the next day together as well.
After a night spent in a power cut we got the long boat to La Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca the next day. Most tourists stop at the south part so we wanted to go to the north. We managed to share a boat with what turned out to be a lovely group of people - a really nice German guy and one of the nicest families I have ever met, from Arequipa, Peru.
We all went to the same eco accomodation - very rustic and then all did the walk up to the ruins together and it was just incredible. We got there just before sun set. It really was beautiful and possibly one of my favourite moments of the trip.

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  1. from Joan and Bob and Ellie :D watching you with interest. hope you're having fun :) x
    lots of love. missing my step sister :) byeeee xx

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