on to copacabana

The bus from La Paz to Copacabana climbs even higher in altitude. Lake Titicaca is at 4000 meters. To get there, you have to cross the straight of Tiquina in a little boat. All the passengers get off the bus and the bus is ferried across on its own floating device. Altitude sickness was inevitable by this point so we took it easy and spent the afternoon at a beachside restaurant talking to a guy named Rolando who played us numerous songs on his guitar. Dust in the Wind is his favorite song which he dedicates to his father who was the South American ski champion in 1967. At sunset we climbed the hill of the 14 stations of the cross and watched the sky and lake grow dark.