Copacabana Cathedral

Early in the morning I took a bus to cross the border, enter in Bolivia and get to Copacabana.

Copacabana is the main Bolivian town on the shore of Lake Titicaca. The town has a large 16th-century shrine, the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana. Our Lady of Copacabana is the patron saint of Bolivia. The present Basilica was built where the …

We had a lay-in this morning after a very long time and it felt good to enjoy a good hotel and some downtime. Dharms and I felt fairly refreshed and relaxed after the amazing sunset and a goodnights sleep. The morning was spent walking around Copacabana main centre. It's fairly small so didn’t take much time, it has an old church and a town …

As soon I have stepped out of the bus, I felt that Copacabana is the right place to be. The sun high in the sky, the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana, the Titicaca lake down the road and the Bolivian holiday music playing in the restaurants made this my favorite city of the trip. Besides, a very good and cheap hotel was waiting for us. We even …

This place was an eye opener it is the largest island on lake titikaka, the worlds highest navigable body of water at 4000m it is where the sun was born in Inca mythology. When you stand on top of the mountain you can see why looking at this lake it is just magnificent at 280km long and 150 or so km wide it is just mahusive. Its a lake but it …

A few thoughts…... We spent two relaxing days on Lake Titicaca at Copacabana and Isla del Sol (Sun Island). This is the original Copacabana actually lending its name to the beach in Rio de Janeiro (the Brazilians thought the beach at Copacabana had a similar shape as the one here, and I agree, but this is a very different experience sans the …

... the town, its proximity to the Isla del Sol (the mythical birthplace of the Inca founders), and a major pilgrimage site at Copacabana Cathedral give the town a historical context far beyond the fact that it is also popular place for foreign and Bolivian ...

... islands the town looked like a serious dump and we were glad to catch the next, much warmer bus, around the Lake to Copacabana, Bolivia. Even after what seemed like a hundred hours on the bus and a sleepless night, Lake Titicaca was spectacular. The ...

... 't seen in the area before.  We descended a steep slope with a few minutes to spare before boarding the boat back to Copacabana. We arrived at the hostel and were pleased to hear that we got to keep the same room as the night before, our favourite ...

... it was off to find the nearest chicken shack, before crashing into bed for the early bus across the border to Bolivia and the small fishing town of Copacabana. Here we had the option of going to more islands on the Lake, but I couldn't be bothered - ...

After crossing the Strait of Tiquina in a little boat, we reboarded our bus and wound our way down to Copacabana with lyrics from Barry Manilow buzzing round both our brains! We were dropped off at the lovely town square, complete with ornate, Moorish ...

... place to simply chill out and enjoy the unique beauty of the lake. Upon arriving back in Copacabana, we took a stroll through town, looked at the lovely Cathedral and returned to the Hotel Ambassador for a marvellous hot shower. In the evening, we ...

... , do as the South Americans!!! The hostel was quite nice, and we got a private room with a gorgeous view over Copacabana Beach (Bolivia!) and Lake Titikaka. We dined well, again, for next to nothing and had a lovely stroll around the pretty town, up ...

... arrive in Puno at 5am, and wait on the bus for an hour for the terminal to open, and await our connecting bus to Copacabana, Bolivia, whilst some guy gives me the hard sell on his hotel and further bus tickets - he gets nowhere. The Copacabana bus is ...

... a shower! We flew back to La Paz on the Wednesday morning and very efficiently managed to find and catch a local bus to (another) Copacabana, this time on the shores of Lake Titicaca, birthplace of the Inca Sun God and at over 3800m a.s.l one of the ...

We went to Copacabana, Brazil and to be honest we weren't too impressed so we decided to check out Copacabana, Bolivia. To misquote the wise words of Barry Manilow 'it's not the hottest place south of Havana', but it was okay. We found a cheap local ...