Copacabana Cathedral

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 …

... 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 ...

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 ...

... 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 - ...

... 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 ...

... in the plaza and offering lavishly wrapped gifts, but unfortunately, also drinking themselves into oblivion. Copacabana is dominated by a Moorish-style cathedral with multiple sparkling white domes and colourful ceramic tiles. Perhaps we should have ...