No cash point!!

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We crossed the Bolivian boarder after we had carefully spent our very last Peruvian sole. We were so proud, ´haven´t we worked this out just so perfectly, well done´, we thought to ourselves. Little did we know that Copacabana is a very small town which has no cash points anywhere!! Oops, not so clever after all... We managed to check in a nice hotel with private bath for a mere bs.35 (which works out as £3.00!!), but soon I realised my poor stomach was not going to be fed that evening. That cannot be!! Skipping a meal? ME?? Dylan didn´t seem that bothered, we have dorritos he said, what´s the problem? No chance!! I thought this was the worst thing ever... So I worked out a cunning plan. I got chatting to 2 French guys and explained our desperate situation. Oh here you are, have $20 they said! I knew the French would always come to my rescue! Phew...

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Copacabana is a very touristy town on lake Titicaca. Most travellers stop there to go and visit the Isla del Sol, located 2 hours away by boat. I must admit the speed of the boat was incredibly slow, so the distance between the island and mainland isn´t actually that great. Amyway, we arrived in the south of the island and walked for 3-4 hours to the north point, where we decided to stay for the night. We met 3 German volunteers on a beach on the way who were working in a small school in order to avoid military service. They had no shower in their hostal so had to wash in the lake!

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Around 800 families live on the island and their main economic activity is fishing, farming and tourism. There are no paved roads, no cars, no bikes, and amazing sceneries! I couldn´t put my camera down. However there is very little entertainment (We were in bed for 9pm!), but I found the beauty of the lake and the island absolutely mind blowing, especially at sunset.

There are several ruins in the north part of the island and a sacred rock which has a face engraved in it. The Incas believed the rock to have some significance, that it was protecting them and the sun and the moon were born there. Something like that anyway... The old Spanish man was trying to explain it all to me but he didn´t have many teeth left so I struggled understanding him!

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As soon as we reached mainland we jumped on a bus to La Paz. We all had to hop off the bus after an hour or so to take a small boat to cross a strech of water. If passengers stay on the bus the boat would sink, so we didn´t argue!