Marco Etcheverry, born September 26th 1970 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He, if you are wondering, is regarded as Bolivia's all time best footballer with 13 goals in 71 appearances for his nation. I told you that I would work on it! Furthermore, Marco Sandy is the most experienced player with 93 caps and Victor Ugate is the all time top scorer with 16 goals. Its a total disgrace that I didn't already know this information! However, I am now well placed to talk about Bolivian football! Missed my bus out of La Paz on Wednesday as I came down with a pretty serious case of food poisoning. I ate some scrambled eggs which I just knew was a bad idea! I was laid up in bed for two days and single-handedly kept Bolivian toilet roll manufacturers in business for the foreseable future! I watched Arsenal on ESPN and reaquainted myself with the Argentine music charts which are suprisingly easy on the ear. It wasn't easy being ill whilst alone in a third world country. Probably my worst experience so far. These are the times that make you a stronger person though. I managed to scheme my way onto the bus from La Paz this morning without paying any extra (I waited outside the ticket agency until the boss went home last night and then got her stupid assistant to re-issue a ticket with a different date on it! It felt great to finally get one over on a beaurocratic South American company. Only just made the bus as I was asleep when it came to pick me up from my hotel! The t*ssers turned up 20 minutes early which is frightfully unusual for a South American organised transportation exercise! Then spent 2 hours driving around all the hotels of La Paz to collect the lucky ones who had a lie in! At one point a very official looking man got on the bus and started an argument with the driver about whether or not we had paid the tax to leave the bus station. (We had not even been to the bus station). Some people, led by myself, started getting restless. As passengers we effectively forced the corrupt idiot off the bus - he was clearly looking to make some beer money. I arrived in Copacabana after a 4 hour bus journey which involved us getting off so that the bus could be ferried over a small stretch of Lake Titicaca. We went on a tiny boat whilst our bus looked less-than-stable on what was essentially a big piece of wood! Much like San Martin de los Andes in Argentina, Copacabana is a pretty lakeside town with impressive surrounding scenery. I am only staying for one night so I have splashed the cash on a hillside retreat which is amazing value for US$12. I have a double bed and a view of Lake Titicaca and the town of Copacabana out of my window. I also have a balcony! Today I went into the town and down to the lake front to book a boat to Isla del Sol for tomorrow morning. Isla del Sol is said to be where the sun was born... cough, cough b*llocks! Anyway, it looks like it will be a nice trip and I will probably end up trekking through the island and staying overnight. Before writing this entry, I have climbed the very steep and very breathtaking cerro which, much like most South American cerros, offers its conquerers a magnificent view of it's surroundings. I watched the sunset here which was poiniant because, during my first few days travelling, I watched the sunrise on the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Chelsea rent boys.