The Other Copacabana

Greetings from Copacabana...not the one from the song, but the tiny little one 5 minutes from the Peru-Bolivia border. This is an awesome little town of 6,000 people nestled between two hills and right on Lake Titikaka (the highest navigable body of water in the world...although this is disputed, its still really cool). This is a huge lake, and you cannot see to the other side even remotely.

The best part of this town though is our hostel. It is perched on one of the hills, the main building is a huge white down painted with blue accents (what I imagine Greece to look like) with hammocks all over the place and great food, most comfortable bed that we have had so far, etc. Last night we hiked up to the top of the hill where there is a huge series of crosses and monuments sticking out of the rock and an amazing view of the sunset...I dont know if it is the altitude or what but the sunset here was the best that I have ever seen, the sun looks about 3 times larger than usual. Other than that, we have been on full vacation mode, resting and relaxing after the Inca Trail (which Laura is writing about but was one of the best things that either of us has ever done).

There was a festival in honor of some saint in town today and there was music and firecrackers going off all day. Tonight there is supposed to be a fireworks show up on the hill where we are staying so we have a bottle of wine and some fanta ready to make sangria to enjoy during the fireworks (our lives are very hard right now). Tomorrow we will do a hike to a port where you can catch a boat to Isla del Sol which is a large island in the middle of the lake. Supposedly good views and hiking on the island. Should be great. Both of our stomachs are doing well and the bug bites that we got during the Inca Trail are finally starting to go away. We stay in Copacabana for at least 2 more nights and then we are headed to La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. So far this country is awesome and incredibly cheap...you get 7 bolivianos for each dollar so we will be heading home with lots of gifts.

Hope everyone is doing well. Great to see that Cal has steamrolled its first 2 opponents. Go Bears!