Peru/Bolivia border to La Paz

Here is some info about my crossing from Peru to Bolivia that I didnt have a chance to post before. In a week or 2 Ill move it down to its appropriate place with the Bolivia stuff.

My last stop in Peru was Puno on the coast of Lake Titicaca. The thing to do here is take a trip out to the floating islands. It was pretty interesting because they acually were FLOATING ISLANDS with people living on them. When a large boat went past the whole island would move around. Its basically just a tourist attraction now because I dont think anyone would be living there anymore if it werent for the tourists coming and paying for tours. Either way it was an interesting way to kill a few hours.

Below are some pictures from when I first entered Bolivia. As soon as we crossed the border on the bus there was a festival going on.

A well dressed young lad with his mother twirling aorund behind him. Look how much fun he is having.

Just an example of one of the very simple streets in the town called Copacabana on the coast of Lake Titicaca

From Copacabana I took a 2 hour boat ride out to the Isla del Sol. To be honest it wasnt worth the 2 hour boat ride but at least I got to go out onto Lake Titicaca. Here is a picture....its nice, but not spectacular.

When I left Copacabana on a bus to La Paz I learned that there was one section that couldnt be crossed in the bus. The procedure here is to put the people on small boats and load the bus onto this barge. I think there was one tiny little outboard motor with about 40 or 50 horsepower that had to push this thing across. It took a long time...... Anywhere else there would be a bridge, but not in Bolivia.