We took a private bus along the shores of Lake Titicaca to the Bolivian Border, and headed through the quickest customs control I have seen!. All stamped and legitimate we headed on our way.
We stopped at Tiwanaku - the ruins of a Pre Incan civilisation. I'm not sure if it was our un-impressive guide, or more that I was expecting it to be on a par with the pyramids in Mexico, but the partial sand dune hill was rather a dissappointment!
To be fair the sun gate, and the one or two remaining monoliths were better!
From here to La Paz, the large metropolis which nestles in the hills. Like Lima, La Paz is dirty and grubby, and is full of markets selling everything from socks to Llama Foetuses on the street corners.
We headed out for dinner. Our last night all together before joining a new group tomorrow (although Jimmy, Yvonne and Fi will be continuing with us as far as Sucre!)
The next day we had a free day and headed round the city. We had an English Breakfast at an English Pub. Unexciting , you may think, apart from the fact that I had my first decent cuppa in over 2 months ( a pint of Tetleys Tea!) mmm!
We visited the Coca museum, and the Witches Market. Another diappointment - I was expecting a larger tarpaulined area of stalls selling the dried llama fortuses and other potions, but instead we had just a couple of tables outside a couple of shops - and not a broomstick or pointed black hat in sight!
That night we met up with the remainder of our new group - Melissa our leader, Roz and Terry (UK), Mary-Ann and Andy (USA), Martha (UK) and Robert (SWE)
Let the new adventure begin!
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Kate,
It's been great to hear from you and to see your news on the web-site. You're clearly having a fabulous time.
Jen has settled in well at WGGS and is loving it and Jacob is well into Fullerians now and becoming quite a Rugby addict. (He and Julian went to Twickers last weekend to see England v. South Africa - Jacob enjoyed the corporate hospitality.) We have actually managed to see Sarries win again!
Our feet are getting itchier by the minute as we read about your travels and look forward to our all-too-brief sojourn to India at Xmas.
The markets sound well dodgy - think I'll stick to St. Albans.
Keep the news coming and thank you so much for the postcards.
Lots of love,
the Hartleys
Hi Kate,
your trip gets better all the time. Your descriptions of lakes, sunrises etc are amazing. On 25/11/06 there was a programme on the radoio about the Andes. One of the contributers visited La Paz and described the Witches Market and the llama foetuses. Sound familiar? The latter are put in the foundations of new houses to bring good luck! Daphne
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