la paz and copacabana, lake titicaca

The rest of our time in La Paz was fairly city-break-y; we went to the markets and even tried some museums, which were slightly disappointing - we were most excited about the Museo Litoral which is about the war Bolivia and Peru had with Chile which Chile won and left Bolivia without access to the sea, something that is still very much discussed now, but the 'museum' was literally just one room, with the phrase "The sea is our right, and it is a necessity that we get it back" in huge letters on the wall, with some sketchy information on the wall next to it and the rest of the room was just photos from the war. However, at less than 50p for entrance to 4 museums I suppose we couldn't really complain!

On our last day we went to the Witches' market which was quite something... It made me feel really uneasy, frankly. It was a mix of tourist stalls selling alpaca merchandise and others selling remedies for all sorts of things and, most notably, llama carcasses, in tact, some of them foetuses. It was quite unnerving. Apparently they bring good luck and people build their houses on top of them.

We ate a great arabian lunch, but unfortunately we got funny tums from it that night, especially Daisy, but we managed the 4 hour bus journey to Copacabana alright, only to eat something funny that night and have me and Rachel up all night once there. So needless to say we've been taking it pretty easy, which Copacabana has helped with as there isn't much to do. The most exciting thing about the place was really the drive here which was absolutely incredible. The views were just insane - rural pastures, the immensely huge lake, snow capped mountains in the distance, and the moon in full view during the clear afternoon.

Today we went to the Sun Island, where the locals believe the Sun was born, but we only had 50minutes on the island itself so didn't do much. Annoying as the journey was an hour and a half each way and we had no idea we'd have so little time. Again, can't complain really as the boat tickets were a pound fifty each.

Tomorrow we're driving to Cusco, Peru, via Puno. We're leaving at 8.45am and meant to be arriving in Cusco at 7pm... Long journey! Hoping the border is alright as it's been problematic for over a month now...

Home in 2 weeks! Until Peru...
XO