Bolivia?

Ok. I must admit, I´m drunk.

Beginning from the last post, I went to Puno and visited the islands of lake Titicaca on my own. It was great fun and really interesting learning about the culture of the people who live on each island. Probably the coolest part was visiting the islands created from reefs. That was amazing.

Aside from that there are a few things I was meaning to discuss:
1) Liquids tend to expand at high altitudes. This means my pens, shampoo and toothpaste exploded on arrival.
2) After 5pm you can negotiate with hotels in Peru. I go a $45 hotel for $25. I felt quite pleased with myself.
3) Being American never pays when traveling. Getting into Bolivia, Americans had to pay $135 to enter. Needless to say, the Canadian passport came out as I paid about 12 cents to enter. The guy at the border told me there was a ¨political feud¨ between Bolivia and the USA (who knew?).

After Puno, I successfully made my way to Bolivia and am having a great time in La Paz. It feels a little weird drinking with people I just met, but this seems to happen most places I travel solo.

The current plan is to visit the Amazon Jungle followed by a trip to the salt flats. Nothing is planned yet, but I should have things figured out tomorrow.

If I haven´t mentioned this before, traveling is awesome, and I wish I could stay longer, but alas, I must return in September.

By the way, I´m having a hard time posting pictures to facebook, hence the 6 pictures currently there.

PO