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After several attempts to get the bus to Bolivia and being told it was not safe to travel we eventually got given the go ahead on the Saturday to travel in the evening. But during the day we headed out with a friend from the hostel to see the white christ up in the hills of Cusco this was very pretty and then we got on a horse each into the mountains of Peru to see some more Inca ruins. Before heading to the bus station we met with our hostel owner Coco for a pisco sour and we eventually got on our bus to La Paz. After being on the bus for 9 hours we stopped at the Peru border to have our passports stamped to say we were leaving Peru and we started to walk over the border. The police stopped us to be searched and then we caried on walking into Bolivia to have our passports stamped at the border. We then got back onto the bus to La Paz and checked into our hostel when we arrived.
By the time we arrived it was a Sunday so we had a little look around but everything was closed. The next day we went into the town to try and find luke some new flip flops as he left his in the jungle on the trek, but noone in Bolivia have size 12 feet!! So this was mission impossible!! BUt we had a look around the witches market.
The next day we got picked up at 8am by a tour guide to take us to Copacabana and this bus journey took around 4 hours and when we arrived we went for lunch and then got on the boat to the Island of the sun on Lake Titicaca. This was very pretty and we saw some pre Inca ruins. The boat took us back to Copacabana and we visited the Cathedrial where the locals would write their wishes in the walls with candle wax so there were pictures of cars and huge houses in wax all over the walls. We then got a public bus back home to La Paz but we had to get of the bus and get on a tiny boat to cross the lake and then back on the bus.
The next day we got picked up at 8am by Vertigo the bike company to go to death road the most dangerous road in the world and we decided to bike ride down it!! I know mad!! When we arrived at the start we got comfy with our bikes and riding gear and started but the first part was on new road so wasnt so bad! But still on average 1400 people die on this road a year including bikers! It was so scary but amazing and we survived. We went past british corner where a british biker from Vertigo fell off the edge and died which is really sad but there are so many crosses by the side of the road. We rode for around 5 hours and then we arrived for lunch and there was a very dirty swimming pool there that we could use if we wanted to. After this we had to drive back up the death road to get home, even more scary!! But on the way back we stopped to see some monkeys and Carolina the monkey loved luke and wouldnt let go of him which was so cute.
Our last day in La Paz we went for a full english breakfast and for a tetley tea was amazing!! We also went to San Pedro prison which is the strangest prison in the world and I reccomened you read the book Marching Powder to explain why. We also visited the Cathedrial and booked our bus and train tickets for tommorow to Uyani our next destination.
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Abbie Love Reading your Blog and looking at the photo's what an experience of a lifetime your both having. Can't Believe you did the Inca trail, well done to you both. love you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx