Here we are, back in the bloody altitude. We're waiting for the bus to pick us up in front of the migration office on the bolivian - peruvian border. Without problems we got our 90 days in Peru, passports stamped, ready to discover a new country. A lot of Bolivians don't find many kind words for its neighbours, it's them stealing and causing troubles in Copacabana, Bolivia... We'll see.
We left the mentioned place this morning after we spent 2 nights there and the one between on Isla del sol, the island where, for many native people around here, the sun was born. You get the idea of the neighbouring island Isla de la luna.
Copacabana is quite pretty, not too big but very touristy, i found that about half of them are locals, Peruvians and Bolivians. One morning we jumped aboard a boat that carries tourists between the mainland and the islands. It took over two hours and was pretty cold, especially the wind until we reached Yumani, a town on the sun island. A very basic hostel was our shelter for tonight for 3€ per person with a stunning view over the lake to distant snowcapped mountains (those around 6000m high mountains didn't look that high as we were on almost 4000m ourselves).
After lunch we decided to explore the island and over the inca stairs we crossed the island over a hill, walked around the hill to the ruins of the temple of the sun out of the inca times. The panoramic views were breathtaking, especially the deep blue coloured lake (probably from its depht of over 450m), making a nice contrast to the grey/brown islands. The name of the lake refers to a puma and apparently it has the shape of the animal, you'll need a good portion of fantasy to come to the same result.
After all it was a very nice place but we just want to leave the high plateau, the cold, and enjoy sun and warmth somewhere on a beach! Soon! First it's Cusco and Machu Picchu to come!
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