The last five days since Machu Picchu, I have spent with Vanessa, from Basque country in Spain, and Sara, from Austria. All of us have been traveling alone for quite some time and fate brought us together. We ended up all going to visit two islands on lake Titikaka, the worlds largest high altitude lake, at 4,000 meters above see level. The first, Amantani on the Peruvian side, we traveled over 4 hours on the lake and stayed at the home of a family there. We experienced a most beautiful sunset, walked the ancient paths of the island and laughed a lot. This laughter is a theme the continues over the span over our travels together. The next day we traveled to Copacabana, barely made it, with ten minutes to spare across the Bolivian border, and took some needed hot showers and slept in warm beds. We went to the Isla del Sol the next day, expereinced some pre-incan ruins and took a long 10 km hike at over 4,000 meters high across the Island. There were spectacular views, friendly people, and a delicious fish lunch. From there, we traveled to La Paz and they convinced me to stay another day as our plans have merged so well into one, if only for a brief time. We spent our day and night laughing and singing and dancing and shopping and walking. I could not have asked for better traveling companions. Tonight I go to Cochabamba.
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