Copacabana Travel Blogs

I'd run out of my Bolivian money a while ago, and Olav had kindly paid the boat and bus for me, so I had to find a bank to get some money to pay him back. Olav meanwhile had to find himself a hotel to stay in, as he had reached his destination. So we split up but agreed to meet again for lunch 30 m…

After a long bus ride I was exhausted and easily found a hostal to park in for a day. The lady running the hostal was absolutely beautiful, with a smile that lit up the entire building. She offered a room in the main area, but I wanted something on the upper level so that I could have a view of Lak…

I had to make my way back to the border with Peru to renew my passport as it’s already been 3 months that I’ve been in Bolivia.  I decided that it was high time to see Cuzco and Macchu Pichu since I’d already spent 5 months in Peru and hadn’t been to the most famous monument in South A…

The return We start from Lima to Juliaca by air, In Juliaca we pick up our mobility, and we continue the trip to the border betwen Peru and Bolivia, the place on the peruvian side is "Yunguyo", during the trip it rained and we had to go slow, when we arrived at the border was late because the borde…

BUS JOURNEY So leaving Hands-On I knew this was gonna be a mission to get to Copacabana to meet back up with Bend. I first went to Cuzco and from there Im getting a bus to Copacabana. The bus to Cuzco took 13 hours but I got the decent seats and just slept the whole way. Arrived at 8am and the n…

After a morning of slight chaos - several other people at the Puno hostel were headed to Copacabana that morning and we had all been told to get on the bus at the bus office down the road, but actually ended up having to catch a taxi to the bus terminal where the bus was waiting for us - we reached…

In the morning I woke early to catch my 7 am bus to Bolivia, and upon arrival the cab driver told me he couldn´t break my 20 sole note for the 3 sole ride.  Now, after all this time down here I'm well used to the mystery of why large bills even exist as no one can break them, but the way he s…

DAY 1 Arrived with my legs actually killing me as my bus seat was so cramped. Woke up ample times with my knees throbbing. Got ripped off by a taxi driver when I arrived. Asked him to take me to the Hostal and he charged me 10 Bolivianos for what was a 30second drive! Swore at him ample in Englis…

Before arriving in Copacabana, ensure that you have some money, of any denomination. There is no cash machine here. Andy and I had only an emergency 20 dollars, having run down our Peruvian Soles so as not to suffer at the hands of the money changers.  I do have a credit ca…

Well that´s it for Bolivia, and fortunately we´ve got a full complement of keys on the keyboard now that we´ve reached the Peru border !!! Maybe they don´t need question marks, apostrophes and brackets in Bolivia!!!!! What they do need however is a couple of good mechanics. Since Uyuni we´ve b…

Copacabana is a strange small town but I kind of liked it. We arrived mid afternoon so spent the rest of the day looking around. There is an interesting walk up the Cerro Calvario, a hill that is just on the north of the town. Its a pretty steep walk but its interesting because you get to watch pe…

Off to Bolivia. That morning, my companion Aart already noticed that he had a fever, but otherwise he seemed ok, so we continued the journey to La Paz. From Puno it is a quick ride of three hours or so to the bordertown Copacabana. Lots of tourists stay for a day or more in Copacabana to enjoy …

Oh dear....not feeling alive.  Don´t know why I went to bed at all as mustn´t have had more than 20 minutes sleep.  Not hungover but brain not connecting at all.  Dave in stitches with no sympathy at all at my self inflicted mess. Still I was tired enough to manage to get some slee…

We chose to go to Copacabana because we heard that there was a large celebration for Easter there. Lake Titicaca and Copacabana in particular is a very religious place for Bolivians which meant that hoards of pilgrims make their way there by foot or bus. However, this meant that everyone on this si…

I am typing this from the Hotel Rosario de Lago, Cocacabana as the sun sets over Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.    This morning when we left La Paz a little after 8 it was overcast and then it began to rain.  I have the best seat on the bus; it's one of those big buses and I have the sea…