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We left Sorata by minibus at 6.30am bound for Nuestra Senora de La Paz, Our Lady of Peace or the City of La Paz. Well I say 6.30am as that was the advertised time but it was nearly 7.00 before the driver deemed his van was sufficiently full to be worth the journey. Coming out of Sorata we climbed up over the rim of the surrounding hills, and at this time of the morning the valley was full of cloud. I managed to get a couple of shots as the van was forced to slow to get round the switchback corners. Similarly I managed to get a shot of the moon as we stopped along the way. It must have taken around 3 hours to get to Le Paz and as we got closer the traffic got heavier and traffic jams developed. We came through some 'suburban' areas and in one place an enormous street market was taking place.  The city sits  in a bowl spreading out up the hills underneath Mount Illimani. It is not the judicial capital of Bolivia, that is Sucre,...

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...