copacabana y isla del sol
enda, randall, and i left for a little town called copacabana, which is a little port town on lago titicaca a bit later. it was a good place to stop over on the way to peru, because we got to relax and was also there on a sunday, where the town brings their cars in front of the main church to get it blessed. confetti, fireworks, and little trinkets were everywhere, but it was also kinda funny to see people shaking and spraying pepsi all over their cars.
then we made our way to an amazing island on a boat ride that should have taken 15 min but took almost two hours. we were going slower than the speed we have to go in the no wake zone on lake washington….ridiculous. the max. capacity for the boat was about 25 people and we had atleast 40 PLUS backpacks. but it was so worth it and we stayed for two nights on an island called isla del sol on lago ticicaca. it was the coolest island ever. even though there is nothing on the island, there are quite a few hostels, and so as soon as we got off the boat the little kids swarmed us asking if we wanted a place to stay. these little kids are great salesmen, as they are so persistent! everywhere we went, there were kids trying to sell us things…we could not escape.
anyways, the lake is so grand and gorgeous that you would think it was the ocean, and the weather has been great for us as well. and the tricky thing about the island though, is that you have to climb up hill for like 45 min to the hostel with our backpacks. this was one thing that was omitted from anything we read. but i suppose it is not in there for a reason…..with the thin air, my lungs were not having it. the island also had a water problem, because people that ran the hostel/restaurants could only have the donkeys carry up so much water….so that was interesting, to say the least. i am sure we all smelled awesome.
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