My first border crossing by bus was drama free. After gaining two more stamps in my passport and then a 100m sprint to catchup with the bus (which had already rolled across the border and out of sight) and I was into Bolivia.First stop was Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The town at the time was in festival mode, celebrating Bolivian independence day which meant chaos - people and market stalls everywhere. Unfortunately for me and my travelling pals this meant a very limited number of available beds for the night, and an evening of walking around to almost every hostel and cheap hotel in the town before managing to get something that (a)wasn't akin to a prison cell, and (b)didn't blow the travel budget.
Neglecting to heed the warning in the guide books about there being no ATMs in the town, I found that on this occasion the guide books were right - there were no ATMs in the town. I had just crossed the border from Peru so I didn't have any local currency and therefore had to pool my remaining peruvian soles and some emergency US dollars to afford the cost of my bed, a day trip to Isla del Sol and most importantly my bus ticket to La Paz where i could get some cash! The trip to Isla del Sol and Lake Titicaca were beautiful, helped by a lovely day of blue skies and sun, I just wish i'd had enough money to stay overnight to have been able to see the much hyped sunsets / sunrises.
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