Isla del Sol - Lago Titicaca

After a 9 hour bustrip through the night we arrived in Sucre at 4:30 am. We spent the next 3 hours on a park bench until stores opened and we were able to enjoy a big breakfast. Our flight from Sucre to La Paz left at 10:30 am and after that we took a taxi to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca. From there a boat ferried us to the beautiful Island of Isla del Sol. All in all the trip involved bus, plane, taxi, and boat on the same day from the southwest to the northwestern tip of Bolivia.

The first day on Isla del Sol we did absolutely nothing except enjoy the magnificent view of the Cordillera Real, Isla de la Luna, and Lake Titicaca itself. Ok, I guess we did eat lunch and dinner :) Besides that we listened to the sounds of a small indigenous community: birds chirping, donkeys crying, sheep doing whatever they do, and pigs snorting.

The second day we hiked 3 hours on the ridge of the mountaineous island to the northern most tip and visited a bunch of Inca ruins. Then we took the coastal path back. All in all a 6 hour hike. Note that Titicaca sea level is 3870m and the various peaks along the ridge were over 4000m. Since we've been living above 3000m for the last 5 weeks it really wasn´t too bad, but your still short of breath on the steeper climbs.

Last night we met a guy from France who is living in Puno, Peru and along with two other french women and two guys from the US (Alaska & Texas... talk about opposite corners of the country) we had dinner. Unfortunately, Anja picked up some kind of food poisoning and was up all night with not so pleasant issues :(

This morning we decided to head back to the mainland early to make sure that we were close to a doctor. After checking into a Hotel Anja rested for a couple hours and is feeling better, albeit still not 100%. She is currently on a Banana, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta Diet. For the lack of better fluids such as Gatorade or "Isostar". Hopefully she'll be back to full strength by 2morrow afternoon when we catch a bus across the border to Peru with destination Cusco.