Copocabana, Bolivia

On the bus ride over to Copocabana from La Paz, we had to cross in a ferry with the bus. We got off a took a passenger ferry. Copocabana is a really neat touristy town right on Lake Titikaka which is between Bolivia and Peru. It is a connection town to visit Isla del Sol and they have beautiful hotels right on the water! This was another one of our highlight places in Bolivia. Copocabana being our last stop after 5 weeks in Bolivia was the best way to leave with wonderful memories! We loved our time in Bolivia, made some wonderful friends, and would go back in a heartbeat! Such genuine people and amazing culture!

Better bail out some water so our bus doesn't sink...

Love those wrinkles

Our whole 5 weeks in Bolivia was celebration of carnival, which was really only 1 week but why not celebrate for 5! Lots of dancing, fancy clothes, loud music, and drinking. It was quite a thing to see but definitely got old after a while  

Outside restaurant

My honey :)

Geocache

Our waterfront room for only $15!!

Landon had a great time taking sunset pictures. It was an amazing view!

Went to the store to get some oil for mommy

Bolivia carnival is all about water balloons and squirt guns. They will squirt anyone who walks by!

We hiked up to the view point

The dancers for carnival

Lights coming on at dusk :)

There was an absolutely amazing lightning show we watched right from our room! Landon took some amazing pictures of this!

And when we woke up there was snow everywhere! (well a little) :)

La Paz, Bolivia

City lights

La Paz is a city built on cliffs, incredible!

There are only two ladies in La Paz and one was out of town when we were there so we only met with one, Mary. It was very special! She is such a sweet lady!

Don't look at my socks haha its a new style!

These eggs are sold in the market. You can buy them like this or boiled and ready to eat. They advertise them as perfect for kids lunches haha

This is the witches market. They sell llama fetuses because they believe it is good luck. Some people bury them under their houses before they build. Pretty interesting. 

Our time in La Paz was mostly catching up and working on websites. I was not feeling too good so it was a good R&R and pretty nice hostel!

The shoe cleaners are part of a union so they all wear ski masks. Its a little scary to see all these men sitting around with ski masks on. But I guess everyone is used to it. 

Poor Bambi :( haha people in the states would not like this sign!

Tour of the market on our free walking tour!

Our tour guide. He was really informative and funny. We really liked it!

So hard to even describe the seriousness of some of these pictures. Sometimes we are so excited to get a cool picture of an indigenous lady and then sit back and remember how poor these people are. It's a real reality check. 

The presidents house

The tour ends at the highest hotel for a nice view of the city and opportunity to repel down the hotel wall. Landon had to do it of course :)

Bacon man went first. 

Then spiderman!

He was never even trembling, I would have been so scared! So brave!

Agghh!! 180 feet high!

Here is the hotel from a distance