26th April - Sorata in the Cordillera Real and an Aborted Walk
Having seen the Cordillera Real in the distance we got an early bus out of Copacabana and headed for the small town of Sorata which lies under Mount Illampu (6368m) and Mount Janaq'u Uma (6,427m). The 'big breakfast' in Copacabana Waiting for the bus in Copacabana We caught the La Paz bound bus which at one point stops by Lake Titicaca. You have to get out and catch a motor boat across while the bus goes on a different ferry to join you on the other side. We were a little bewildered as to what was going on at first, its not quite the Dartford Crossing. The bus crossing the lake Landing the bus Around the bus landing station We asked the driver to let us out in Huarina where we were to get our connection to Sorata. Needless to say he forgot and so when we gently reminded him he hailed a bus going the other way and we had a dash across the road to get that one back and then changed in Huarina without any problem. We were in Sorata by late m...