Island in the sun

Saturday, June 26th
This morning we took a very chilly 2 hour boat ride to isla del sol. We arrived on the island and the sun was shining bright and it glistened off the deep blue water. The five of us hiked all around the island. The hike itself was not that difficult nor that challenging, but the altitude and the thin air was a killer! If you had heard me breathing, you would have thought I was asthmatic. The vistas from the island were amazing! We stopped in the middle of the island along a beautiful sandy beach and ate lunch - cheese sandwiches! After lunch Vicki, Kate, and I hiked on to the south end of the island. The island smelled like eucalyptus trees and sea air. It was lovely. The only thing that tainted the experience was all the little Bolivian kids begging for money. In the afternoon, I hopped on the boat back to copacabana alone to continue my journey to La Paz -the highest capital city in the world - and to meet up with my buddy Sophie whom I had befriended in Lima. The bus ride to La Paz was pretty painless although it took longer than expected. When I arrived into La Paz it was freeeeeezzzzing!!! I met Sophie at the hostel. We went for dinner and planned our next adventure. And so it goes- we will head north to the amazon to do a 4 day jungle trek