The plan was to leave Puno earlier than usual in the morning, but the accelerator pedal on one of the trucks had broken. So we left just before 8 a.m. to travel to the border of our 3rd country - Bolivia.
We had our last Peruvian police escort out of town, and we were soon back on the Alti Plano road but today there were a few hills and this gave us some good views of Lake Titicaca. Because of one of the trucks being out of action there was no organised lunch today, so it was a case of stopping at a shop on the way and grabbing some typeof snack.
Eventually arrived at the border after around 135K which was quite a quiet place and did not feel like you were going into a different country and time zone! It only took about 20 minutes to get through before travelling the last 7 to 8K to the hotel on the side of the lake. It was very peaceful and a shame that we would only be there for one night! The 2nd truck arrived later in the afternoon having been fixed by some local garage on a Sunday for just a few dollars.
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| We came across the border near Copacabana |
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| View from bedroom window of Copacabana beach |
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