A few phone photos from Lake Titicaca and Copacabana, our last stop in Bolivia before Peru. Copacabana is a place of terrible food but spectacular views. Happily we shared our time there with Steve and Nicole again, of Salta and briefly pampas tour fame, and new friends Jon and Carlene.
Jules, having been unwell on and off for the past fortnight, really got worse in Copa. Luckily our hotel room was dirt cheap but with beautiful views, so she spent a day relaxing while I went off with the others on a 6 hour hike around Isla del Sol.
The Isla del Sol is nestled a two hour boat ride from Copacabana´s shores. It´s a place of over 80 ruins and, as the name might suggest, the Incas believed the Sun and Moon were born in the lake, the sun god on the island. Lots of interesting things to see and a hike that was pretty grueling at times even for five relatively fit people. We were blessed at one point at an Inca sacrificial site, pictured a few photos down. A local chanted over us with water and flowers, and explained the use of blessings and the like in Inca society.
The next day the others went to the Floating Islands in Puno while we took it easy, with Jules not feeling much better, and later boarded an overnight bus to Cusco, Peru, meeting the rest of the gang at a stop off in Puno. Having lived off crackers, wafers and the occasional terrible meal for the past few days, we´re all looking forward to cooking our own food and stocking up on some good old fruit and vegetables when we hit Peru.
Above, love the local designs
Below, the view from our hotel room
Views from Isla del Sol
Looking out on to Copacabana....we took a few swan shaped pedalos out. Wild times!
Agricultural formations and Inca ruins, below
Traditional reed boat on Lake Titicaca, below 
Blessed at an Inca site
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