Copacabana - Lake Titicaca

Only three and a half hours from La Paz, Copacabana (like the song)is on Lake Titicaca, which borders both Bolivia and Peru. It´s the highest navigable Lake in the World (what ever that means?). We have been on the Lake from the Peru side 3 years ago. People come to this town to visit the Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun). Legend has it (for the Inca people) that this island is where the sun and the moon was born, and therefore it is the very centre of their religion. We have a nice room, on the mainland, on the top floor of a hotel, overlooking the Lake, and it is only costing 3 pounds per night(BS40)!!! Mind you the internet is BS14 (which is really expensive compared to the rest of the country, ie. it is only BS4 in La Paz), so really what we are saving on the room here, we are spending at the internet. The weather during the day is really sunny and warm, which is really nice. It is the place to gorge on great trout from the lake, of which we are doing. It´s fantastic to have fish, and loads of it. We have been back to the same dodgy looking lake shack two days in a row for some fantastic fish. We walked up Cerro Calvario hill which is 3966 mtrs for some great views. One quite interesting activity we observed was at the Cathedral where the locals whom have purchased new cars, have them blessed. To the point of washing them, putting all kinds of decorations on them, have a monk bless them, a lady take around some smoke, the family spray beer over the car, photos are taken and fire crackers are lit off. What the?? At the top of the Cerro Calvario hill you can actually purchase a toy house or car, and take them to be blessed! We are staying here for 4 nights and one on the island. The island is only one and a half hours by boat. There are supposed to be some great walks and Inca ruins, but because Ian was still recovering from his back injury we couldn´t walk too far. Instead we enjoyed the sunshine and views, and met some nice people. Rebecca (a NZ lass who has been living in Oz for 5 years)we met for the 1st time on the island, and then again in the jungle, and then again in Argentina.