Thursday, October 23, 2008

Tons!!!

Ok so here is the quick version

I have spent the last few days in La Paz, Bolivia, Copacobana and Isla del Sol on the most beautiful lake i have ever seen - Lake Titicaca. Yes more beautiful and more clean than Lake Superior. Lake Titicaca is the largest lake by volume in all of South America and sits at 12,500 feet above sea level. Making it very cold. I did of course swim in it as well. Im hoping to still be able to have kids someday. It was as clear as a swimming pool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_titicaca
Went for a long hike on Isla del Sol yesterday that was longer than expected but had amazing scenery of the lake. There are also Inca ruins on this island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_titicaca#Isla_del_Sol

before Copacobana i was in La Paz. La Paz was amazing to see but very poluted, to the extreme that i could not breath very well. I did get sick with a cold for a few days but am recovering now. I blame the city of La Paz.

I did go to a WWF style bolivian Wrestling event in La Paz. Which is probably to most random thing ever. Rey Masterio and Scrap Iron Cadastky had thier grandkids there wrestling i think. It was hilarious.





Also went mountain biking in the Bolivian Andes. We were on really nice full suspension KONA mountain bikes. It was amazing and so beautiful. We start in the mountains, sometimes snow peaked, and decend into the Bolivian jungle. At the end of our ride was plenty of beer and food for us. we actually ended at an animal refuge for pets in Bolivia. There were tons of animals there.
Heres the thing, there were monkeys there.
Now my parents know this more than anyone, when i was a kid i loved monkeys so much. When we went to the zoo i would sit and watch the monkeys for hours. I remember begging my dad, begging, please, can we call the zoo and ask them how much the monkeys are. Of course no phone calls were made.
At this refuge i got to hold a couple monkeys.
It was amazing, i giggled like a school child. It kinda tickles when they crawl all over you. I was so happy. Some of the monkeys there were trained to steal things from people, cameras, glasses, watches, money and now their in recovery at this refuge. I have photos of that as well. -soon






I will write more soon and get photos up.

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