Monday 16th December 2013
We arrived back in Copacabana at 5pm and headed to Las Olas, a hostel we had been recommended by John. Our suite was the nicest we had on the trip so far. It was a little maisonette on the edge of a cliff overlooking the lake. We had one and a half floors. Upstairs was a small study and spare beds and a hammock. Downstairs was a bathroom, bed, kitchenette and coffee table and chairs facing a double height stained glass window looking out over the lake. The other side of the window were two hammocks. On a shelf there were two hot water bottles and by the bed a heater! I was in heaven! We booked the place for two nights and made the most of it, watching sunsets and getting plenty of rest before Uyuni.
After two nights in Copacabana we took a bus to La Paz, the highest capital city in the world (3640m). La Paz is about 75km south west of the lake while Copacabana lies on a peninsula on the southern edge of it. The road to La Paz traversed the southern edge of the lake. We crossed to the northern side by ferry via the Straight of Tiquina and then followed the road along the northern edge of the lake before leaving it for La Paz. On bus the journey we were afforded great views of the lake making its vastness even more apparent.
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