The black market is the main area where people buy anything and everything:
From La Paz, we decided to bike down "the world's most dangerous road". It was touristy, but fun. The kilometre drop-offs were less fun. Even more less fun (does that even make sense in English?) was driving back up the world's most dangerous road at night in the rain (our driver decided not to return via the safer alternative route.. ugh). Anyways, we survived, and here are some photos:
From the jungle (see other post) we went back to La Paz. What was supposed to be an overnight stay turned out to be a bit longer thanks to the Bolivian specialty that we´ll call ¨stomach and fever attack¨. We eventually left La Paz for Sorata, where we were thinking of doing some hiking. Upon our arrival we were informed that there was a ¨possibility¨ (although we were assured low) of being robbed at gunpoint along the hikes. This little nugget of information was enough for us to make an executive decision to leave Sorata the next day. That morning we took a 14 passenger van to a drop off point, and then another 14 passenger van to Copacabana. No gun-point robberies (to our knowledge) in Copacabana so we decided to make something of it. (By the way, when we say '14 passenger van', we mean that there are 14 seats, not necessarily 14 passengers. At one point there were 17 passengers, 3 kids and a dog.).
View of the valley where Sorata is located.
The drop-off point (Huarina) where we changed vans to Copacabana. The driver of our first van confidently told us that another van would show up soon and that we should wave it down. Surprisingly, a van showed up 5 minutes later.
A view of where we stayed on Isla del Sol (Lake Titicaca). It´s a small town called Challapampa, at the North end of the island.
Sacrificial table where the Inca would offer goats and young girls for protection from the gods.
Along our walk of the ruins on Isla del Sol.
Scenery of the northern tip of the island.
More scenery. (We quite liked the island).
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When on Isla del SOL (Google translate if you find the need), watch the sunset. Side note: We did not watch the sun RISE as this would have involved getting up at the coldest point of the night, walking to the look-out point and then claiming to enjoy the sun rise and say that it was worth it.
Setting, setting, setting.....
Hasta manana.
View of the Lake at night.
Sometimes people think they´re clever and can take ¨cool¨ artistic pictures. (Julian, FYI).
On one of the days on the island we walked along the coastal path to the southern end of the island. We walked through villages and said ¨hola¨ a lot. It was pretty.
View of the Cordillera Real with Lake Titicaca in the foreground.
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