Hallo,
we are still alive ;-). Since returning from the brasilian Pantanal we have visited "La Paz", the biggest city of Bolivia (PICTURES of La Paz - click here). After two days we continued our way to the small town called "Copacabana" on the shores of the "lago Titicaca", a lake which lies in an altitude of 3.800m. Therefore although the name suggests, bathing and swimming was not an apropriate activity because despite the strong sun (because of the altitude) the air and the water were rather cold :-).But the setting and the nature were beautiful. A blue lake and in the background the "Cordilliera de los Andes" with its snowwhite peaks of more than 6000m ... the scenery was especially nice. We spent two nights on the "Isla del sol", an island, which is rather small and thus very quiet und relaxing. The whole island smelled good like eukalyptus (the main tree there) and some other herbs and at sometime we thought to be on a mediterranean island. Only that it was colder and the water was not salty :-). -> PICTURES - Isla del Sol
Today we crossed the border to Peru (as yesterday whole Peru was on strike and the borders were closed) and are now in Puno (still on 3.800m..brrr).Tomorrow we will continue to Arequipa where we will again be a bit lower (ca 2.500m) and hopefully it will again be a bit warmer.
We send you a cool breeze from 3800m in Peru as it seems to be hot at home, and hope you are all well!
Renate and Mirko
we are still alive ;-). Since returning from the brasilian Pantanal we have visited "La Paz", the biggest city of Bolivia (PICTURES of La Paz - click here). After two days we continued our way to the small town called "Copacabana" on the shores of the "lago Titicaca", a lake which lies in an altitude of 3.800m. Therefore although the name suggests, bathing and swimming was not an apropriate activity because despite the strong sun (because of the altitude) the air and the water were rather cold :-).But the setting and the nature were beautiful. A blue lake and in the background the "Cordilliera de los Andes" with its snowwhite peaks of more than 6000m ... the scenery was especially nice. We spent two nights on the "Isla del sol", an island, which is rather small and thus very quiet und relaxing. The whole island smelled good like eukalyptus (the main tree there) and some other herbs and at sometime we thought to be on a mediterranean island. Only that it was colder and the water was not salty :-). -> PICTURES - Isla del Sol
Today we crossed the border to Peru (as yesterday whole Peru was on strike and the borders were closed) and are now in Puno (still on 3.800m..brrr).Tomorrow we will continue to Arequipa where we will again be a bit lower (ca 2.500m) and hopefully it will again be a bit warmer.
We send you a cool breeze from 3800m in Peru as it seems to be hot at home, and hope you are all well!
Renate and Mirko
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