Our final full day in Peru. Really am disappointed to be leaving. We've both really enjoyed touring in Peru. Brilliant scenery and sights, very friendly people, easy to find decent accommodation and some challenging climbs... what do you mean Den? Oh, apparently big climbs are not a good thing.
50 miles on the road to the Bolivian border brought us to the town of Juli. The road mostly followed the shore of the lake so it was comparatively flat, well up until we reached the outskirts of Juli itself when the road climbed steeply to the town centre. There was a festival on in town. By the time we got there, it seemed to have been going on for most of the day judging from the drunkenness of the male population of town.
We took a room in the first hostel that had a spare room. We headed out to catch some of the parades and to stock up on provisions for the next day. On the way back we met this guy.
The next morning, we stopped off at the beach.
On the way to the border crossing with Bolivia, we saw 3 cycle tourists in as many miles. Two of which were on a tandem going the opposite way to us, on their way to Lima from Buenos Aires. We were both quite missing Bertha after that.
From the border, it's only 8km into Copacabana. We picked a midrange hotel from the guidebook and checked in. The town is compact and it took us no time to look around. After changing some money and fixing ourselves with an early dinner we decided to get an early night. Unfortunately, there was a tour group who just wanted to PARTY in the function room downstairs. I must be getting so old. Anyhow, once the music had stopped at about midnight, one of their party decided to start a fight. Hurrah!!
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