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Copacabana again
After our earlyish night we had expected to get up at an early hour, however the bed was so comfy and I guess we were pretty tired from all the climbing and walking yesterday so we didn't emerge until about 9.30. By the time we had dressed and packed our bags it was 10 and we started walking down the long set of rough steps again to the lake shore to get a boat back to Copa which a man passing us said would leave at 10.30. This gave us just enough time to grab a coffee and buy our tickets, which were twice the price quoted to us by the tour agent and even cost more than the outward journey which is ridiculous as its a shorter journey to come back from Yumani! Annoyed but with no other option to get back we paid and sat drinking our coffee until it was time to board. Being a beautiful sunny day again we decided, like some other people, to sit on top of the boat (there are actual seats and railing!) for the 2 hour trip back so we could take some photos that we didnt get the chance to on the way out. It turned out to be quite a pleasant ride as there were several other tourists who spoke English (mainly Australians) and we spent the time swapping experiences and sharing ideas for future travel before mooring up in Copa at about 12.30. We parted ways and we decided as we'd had no breakfast that we would go for lunch now and so found a cafe serving trout (what else!) and sat down to a pleasant meal before heading back to the hostel we'd stayed in previously to regain our backpacks and check into another room. After checking the computer we went out and booked our tickets on the bus to Puno, Peru for the evening of 2nd Feb, meaning we would be able to enjoy the Festival de la Virgen de la candelaria which would be taking place over the next couple of days, before leaving the country. We decided to use the afternoon to explore the little town and after walking round for no more than an hour we had seen about all there was to see! A pretty white church which houses the 'Virgen' and also one of the most impressive gold gilt alters in all of South America! There were a couple of squares, one very pretty, made up of several planted gardens with various monuments within, the other white walls and grass and not much else unless you count all the tourist buses as this is where they seem to park. We had a look round the little market and bought some bread rolls, cheese, ham and some jam, meaning we had food for supper later on and something for breakfast too. After wandering round a bit longer and looking at the many, many tourist shops (this is possibly the most touristy place we've been on our travels except possibly Trinidad in Cuba) and getting me a hat to keep the sun out of my eyes and off my neck, we then went down to the waters edge to eat our supper sandwiches. It was a lovely place to sit, we could look out over the water towards Isla del Sol, watch the many brightly coloured peddle boats with laughing families on board, feed the huge number of Coots that live here on the lake or gaze up at the hills either side of the lake. When we had finished our make shift supper we moved location to a higher vantage point (away from some of the mosquitos) to sit and watch the sunset, which unfortunately was blocked at the last minute by cloud again! It was still a lovely hour though as being slightly further away from the hustle and bustle of the shore we saw many of the native birds (mainly finches and sparrow like birds) swooping about and even perching close by to us where we could take pictures and admire their colours. Before it got too dark and as the nights get cold quickly, we walked back to the hostel for a shower (eventually almost hot after getting the guy on duty to look at it twice) and an early night
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