My Journey Round The World

As we couldn’t make it to La Isla del Sol on Sunday, Perrine & Sylvain decided to move on to the next day in order to hike a bit. When I saw the glacier picture, I was really excited to go there too! Plus hiking on my own wasn’t really easy, so I followed them in this small town surrounded by green mountains – especialy the snowcapped peak of Illampu (6 362m) & Ancohuma (6427m) and at the confluence of the Rios San Cristobal and Challa Suya.

Our first day was a bit short as after crossing by boat the Titicaca Lake – we had to go out of our bus which took another boat to cross the lake, quite a fun experience! – we missed our stop as the driver didn’t say anything to us & we ended up in La Paz… We had to catch a minibus, doing half of the way back,  on a really busy road to go to Sorata… A bit dangerous I would say! But we managed to arrive all in one peace – the road at the end was really bad and driver not really safe one!

We found a lovely hotel at the end of endless  steps. After a good sleep on, we had a big brekfast in the small city center & headed to the Gruta San Pedro under the rain… On our way, we met a group of 5 people: 2 Belgium, 1 French, 1 German & 1 Spanish – with whom we visited the cave. Lots of fun by walking in this warm environement as well as having a small boat trip inside!

On the way back they decided to walk on the Riverside… They ended up sleeping there as it was dark & they could’nt find their way back !

Next day we hiked up to the Laguna Chillata at 4200m – 1500m uneven – a bit too much for me… Luckily it wasn’t raining and Perrine & Sylvain waited for me quite often! I have to say that I was missing my sticks & my back up Gregoire… Anyway I finally managed to get to the cloudy lake!… We quickly had our lunch as it was pretty cold up there and went back down. On the way, as the weather was pretty good, we let go our guide Justinio & had a small nap with a wonderful view on the valley! I finished the way down with some rain…