Copacabana, Bolivia

From Salta we strung together some bus and train rides to get all the way up to Copacabana, Bolivia on the shores of Lake Titicaca, which is the highest lake in the world. And sure enough, Captian Mark and Captain Indiana Tang sailed the highest lake in the world.

The locals rent their boats down by the shore. After selecting the most sea worthy sailboat from the 10 or so available, we survived the walk across the shaky pier and boarded (one of the kids helping us embark fell between the pier and the boat). Being veterans of sailing HobieCats at Wrightsville, we intially wondered what we had gotten into when we saw what was involved in sailing the vessel. However, after rowing out through the other boats anchored near the pier, we got through the 12 step process of getting the sail up and were cruising the lake like the experienced vets we are in no time.

We also hiked on Isla de la Sol or Island of the Sun, where Inca legend has it that the Sun god arose here. We saw a few Inca ruins here along the hike, and enjoyed a late lunch overlooking Titicaca.

We also learned that some things are different at high altitude. For example, when baking at high altitudes you have to watch the oven, or you will burn your brownies. I´d like to thank Lori for warning us of this before we burned anything baking.