Bolivia

Just a quick update:

2 days ago I crossed from Peru into Bolivia. I spent 2 nights in Copacabana and took a boat trip out onto Lake Titicaca to check out some islands. My first night in Bolivia the whole town lost power during a huge thunderstorm so we had to wander back to the Hostel in complete darkness. People told me that things work kind of upside down and backwards in Bolivia and the power outage was the first indication that it might be true. The other thing I heard was that Bolvia was very inexpensive. The fact that I paid $1.39 per night for my hotel room is proof....amazing.

Now I´m in La Paz and I´m getting up early to do some downhill mountain biking in the morning. I think we are going to start at 4670m above sea level and a few hours later we arrive at the bottom which is less than 2000m so it should be an intersting trip. I went to the shop today to check out the bikes. They are pretty cool bikes that cost about $3500 dollars and have full front and rear suspension and front and rear disk brakes. I´ll try to have some pics up soon.