Hey Everyone,

Just a short one as am in bits after a monster session last night. Went to Coppacabanna with Nial after hardly any sleep then managed to get the early boat over the Isla de Sol (Island of the Sun). wasnt living up to its name when we got there as it was pissing down and some people we had dinner the night before told us that there were always porters at the jetty to lug your bags up the Inca steps. Well apparently they dont work in the rain so we had to lug both our bags about 500m up this cliff. I thought my heart was going to explode as Lake Titikaka is over 3000m above sea level!

Anyway we managed to get to the hostel checked in and passed out for an hour. Weather cleared up and did the 18km walk to the North to check out the Inca ruins and the village. After some speed marching and excellent navigation by Chris we managed to the South=North=South trip in just over 4 hours. Some nice pics. The massivo storm the night before we arrived had knocked out the power for the whole island so it was torch action for dinner and getting back to the hostel. Woke in the morning two very pink boys so have been staying out of the sun for the last day or so.

Shopping and Spanish tomorrow...

C