I treated myself to an early birthday present. Time to learn how to play the Charango.
Category Archives: Bolivia
Now this is travel.
We liked Copacabana, but felt like we could go for even more chilling out, so on the recommendation of other travelers, we headed for Sorata. A tiny town snuggled into a valley beneath some of the Andes’ imposing peaks. Continue reading
Copacabana & Island of the Sun(burn).
The border crossing from Peru to Bolivia was no big deal at all. We found a bus from Cusco to Puno, Peru (six hours), had to wait in a bus terminal for a little over an hour and eat possibly the most delicious banana pancake breakfast in all of South America*, then get on our second bus on the same ticket to Copacabana, Bolivia (3 hours). About 20 minutes shy of Copa we arrived at the border where we had to check into two different offices, show our visas, get our passports stamped, and then walk into Bolivia on foot. Continue reading