6:30am: Driiinnggggg
7:00am: The bus picks us up at our hotel! Pretty cool. We were told that the bus took 3h to do La-Paz to Copacabana, so we were expecting to get there by 10ish
The outskirts of La Paz are all in construction, half finished buildings, very very bad roads with massive potholes, wild dogs everywhere.
12pm: We finally made it to CopaCabana! It took more than 5hours... Nice little town touching the lake, obviously very touristy usually, but pretty empty right now in low-season.
1:30pm: we have booked a boat to get to Isla Del Sol. We climb aboard and sit on the roof to have a good view. We quickly put on our jumpers and jackets as the wind is fierce on the lake.
3:30pm: we reach the north part of the Island, where we decided to sleep tonight. 2h boat ride, we didn't expect it to take that long!
We explore the village a bit and look for an accommodation. A young kid comes to us and says "Habitaciones?". Max and Camille engage in conversation and ask if he has room for 3, and after confirmation, the young "Roberto Carlos" takes us to his mama's place.
The place isn't wheelchair accessible (like most of Bolivia!!): you have to walk on big boulders and then climb ginormous steps to get to the house, haha.
Once there, we got a room with three very loose beds, but pretty clean. We dropped the bags and decided to go explore some more.
4pm: we followed a path leading to an Inca sacred site. The mini-hike was probably 40min long, and led to the northern-most part of the island where we could see a sacrifice altar, a big rock face featuring 3 Inca gods, and the ruins of a maze built for introspection.
As soon as we arrived, a local lady came over to offer explanation. We don't think she was an official guide or anything, but probably wanted to offer information for a tip. She was nice and had a young daughter with her. She gave quite a bit of information in Spanish, which I barely understood, but Max and Camille did. The guide's daughter also offered to braid Camille's hair, and asked her why the three of us were so white! :)
6pm: we were back at the village and looking for a restaurant for dinner. We found one that looked pretty good and sat down. Immediately, an asian girl (tourist) asked us if she could sit with us. We invited her to do so, and she started talking... and talking... and talking... haha! She was very talkative indeed, but also very nice. Her name is Raina from North Korea, and she really loves her country! We talked in English and she told us about her super-long trip (something like 15 months).
8pm: We are shattered, and have to wake up early for our hike tomorrow, so we hit the hay. Max and Camille slept in their sleeping bags.
7:00am: The bus picks us up at our hotel! Pretty cool. We were told that the bus took 3h to do La-Paz to Copacabana, so we were expecting to get there by 10ish
The outskirts of La Paz are all in construction, half finished buildings, very very bad roads with massive potholes, wild dogs everywhere.
12pm: We finally made it to CopaCabana! It took more than 5hours... Nice little town touching the lake, obviously very touristy usually, but pretty empty right now in low-season.
1:30pm: we have booked a boat to get to Isla Del Sol. We climb aboard and sit on the roof to have a good view. We quickly put on our jumpers and jackets as the wind is fierce on the lake.
3:30pm: we reach the north part of the Island, where we decided to sleep tonight. 2h boat ride, we didn't expect it to take that long!
We explore the village a bit and look for an accommodation. A young kid comes to us and says "Habitaciones?". Max and Camille engage in conversation and ask if he has room for 3, and after confirmation, the young "Roberto Carlos" takes us to his mama's place.
The place isn't wheelchair accessible (like most of Bolivia!!): you have to walk on big boulders and then climb ginormous steps to get to the house, haha.
Once there, we got a room with three very loose beds, but pretty clean. We dropped the bags and decided to go explore some more.
4pm: we followed a path leading to an Inca sacred site. The mini-hike was probably 40min long, and led to the northern-most part of the island where we could see a sacrifice altar, a big rock face featuring 3 Inca gods, and the ruins of a maze built for introspection.
As soon as we arrived, a local lady came over to offer explanation. We don't think she was an official guide or anything, but probably wanted to offer information for a tip. She was nice and had a young daughter with her. She gave quite a bit of information in Spanish, which I barely understood, but Max and Camille did. The guide's daughter also offered to braid Camille's hair, and asked her why the three of us were so white! :)
6pm: we were back at the village and looking for a restaurant for dinner. We found one that looked pretty good and sat down. Immediately, an asian girl (tourist) asked us if she could sit with us. We invited her to do so, and she started talking... and talking... and talking... haha! She was very talkative indeed, but also very nice. Her name is Raina from North Korea, and she really loves her country! We talked in English and she told us about her super-long trip (something like 15 months).
8pm: We are shattered, and have to wake up early for our hike tomorrow, so we hit the hay. Max and Camille slept in their sleeping bags.
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