Copacabana

We arrived Copacabana at 10:05 this morning, starving as we skipped our daily porridge with raisins, and thirsty since we were low on water. A slightly embarrasing incident costed us 2 hours more of walking yesterday, and a lot of energy: As we approached the village Titi Yopanchi to refill water (a 200 meter decent as there is no water at the top of the mountain), we were close to the Peruvian border. The map showed a border road we could follow, but unfortunately we though a line of blue outdoor toilets (a part of a Peruvian welfare project) was the border between Peru and Bolivia. We followed these toilets quite far into Peru, and were totally lost since out Bolivian maps have no data for Peru at all. We were all in the white and took a compass course back on track. Without this extra detour, we would not have taken part of an unforgettable moment in a local school. We were welcomed heartily as strangers from another world. We promised to post a picture of their Inca bauta, which will be posted at the first opportunity.


Let us give you an insight of a normal day:
0700: The sun is up, but the tent is frozen. No point packing a wet tent, as you may put it up in a pile of sand the next time.
0815: Beep-beep, beep-beep (anitas wristwatch)
0845: Preparing porridge, airing out sleeping bags, applying SF 30, starting packing
0915: Packing tent
0930: Plan the current day, and off we go
1100: Need extra water, running low
1200: No clean water available, shops (a room of a normal house we pass) only sell fizzy drinks and crackers, too humiliating for the society if we filter their drinking water in front of their eyes, Settle for a lemonade and some old dry bread.
1400: Passes a local community with clean water supply, refill our camelbacks (5l).
1500: Start planning where a good tent place might be (should not be too close to a community, and not on a 45 degree elevation).
1730: Peg up our tent, settle in. Foot care.
1745: Cook (soups with added whatever we can get)
1830: Dark. Reading a bit.
1930: ZZZzzzzzz......