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Bye-bye Bolivia!

Wednesday, December 29th, 2004

After our Isla del Storm experience, it was great to have a proper night´s sleep back at the Hotel Rosario in Copocabana. We´d booked our seats on the bus to Puno which was due to leave at 1.15pm. Puno is about 3 hours away from Copocabana and the next stage of our South American Adventure – in Peru!
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Leonard

Wednesday, December 29th, 2004

I think Eugene was feeling a little guilty for putting me though the Isla del Storm experience. When we got back to Copacabana we went for breakfast and he nipped off to “change some money”. When he returned, he presented me with a small, soft toy llama to “remind me of the cute ones we saw on the Isla del Sol”. It is relly cute and as usual, I had to think of a name. So Leonard it is, or Lenny for short. Leonard the Llama. Leonard presently resides in a plastic bag in our wash-bag so that his ears and legs don´t snap off. He´s looking forward to living with the mini yellow Easter chicks in our sideboard when he makes a new home in England.

Isla Del Storm!!

Wednesday, December 29th, 2004
It was Em who stayed awake while Eug dropped off to sleep almost as soon as his head hit his makeshift pillow. And what a good thing this was that one of us stayed awake a little longer than ... [Continue reading this entry]

Isla Del Sol

Wednesday, December 29th, 2004
We'd planned to trek the Isla del Sol - the spiritual birthplace of the Inca civislisation - while we were here, one because it sounded delightful ("encentado" in Spanish!), and two because we thought it would be a good practice ... [Continue reading this entry]

Copocabana Blessings

Wednesday, December 29th, 2004
Religion plays a very significant part in all South American countries, and each place has its own specific events. Bolivians consider the the statue of the Virgin in Copocabana's cathedral to be their highest icon of religious salvation - but here ... [Continue reading this entry]

The depths of height 2

Sunday, December 26th, 2004
A trip to Potosi wouldn't be complete without a tour of the mines that made this place both a source of fortune and a source of death for millions of people over the centuries right up until the present day. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Copacabana Christmas

Sunday, December 26th, 2004
Merry Christmas everyone! It doesn`t feel like Christmas here but then the celebrations appear to be minimal, and we haven`t got the smell of turkey or sprouts in the air or our family around us. We`ve missed our family a ... [Continue reading this entry]

Copacabana but no Barry Mannilow

Sunday, December 26th, 2004
It was a good feeling to know we were leaving La Paz. The mix of altitude and dirty air was all too much. Eventually, we found the back seat of the Turisbus to Copacabana and the air and scenery improved ... [Continue reading this entry]

Lost in La Paz

Saturday, December 25th, 2004
It was quite sad to be leaving the Hostal de Su Merced in Sucre. In protest, Eugene`s chest was intent on spewing up the filtered debris from Potosi and my guts decided to remind me I was travelling in ... [Continue reading this entry]

The depth of heights 1

Saturday, December 25th, 2004
"The toe" appeared to be on the mend, but the altitude seemed to have turned Eugene`s legs to an aching weight of lead. It was a bad night`s sleep. Maybe it was revenge from the llama steak he`d eaten the ... [Continue reading this entry]