Lake Titicaca

The next day, because it was the American groups last couple of days we decided to go to Lake Titicaca, it really is a beautiful lake with lots of fish which we had for lunch. We were shown some of the reed boats that these Bolivian brothers had made, these boats have done expeditions for thousands of miles, I was surprised that they had gone that far, I didn’t think that they could have stood up to the strong winds and powerful waves. The guy who had made these boats had a few alpacas and vicuña’s (both are llama like). But one of them took a disliking to me and I had my first experience of a vicuña spitting at me. Luckily he was an extremely bad shot and it went over my head.

After we had eaten we went back to La Paz, but this would not be the end of our escapades for the day. When we got nearer to La Paz we were hit by a lot of traffic. It was three lanes all pushing into one. From past experiences, a lot of Bolivian drivers don’t usually let others in, so it is a bit free for all and everyone pushing in the same direction and people getting aggravated. So it took us about an hour to go about a mile. It was an interesting experience and it can be a bit frustrating if you are not used to Bolivian driving. But we got home safely in the end so there was nothing really to worry about.