Dec 10
After a nice rest on the bus I arrived at Puno, Peru on the shore of lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world and the bigest in South America. I bought a little tour package at the bus station-one night at the hotel, 2 breakfasts, a tour of the Uros floating islands and taguila island and a bus ticket to La Paz for a combined $27 Us. The uros islands were cool but it was like a floating tourist trap. All the ladies want to do is sell you stuff, and they all sell the same shit. The islands are made of reeds and they squish when you walk around them. The other island is an actual island with about 400 inhabitants but the people have no electricity, no water, but they do have Coke and they smoke coca leaves and some other stuff. Basicly they just stay high, and drink coke. Anyway the trip was a lot of fun and I met a girl from spain, Maria, that I had saw earlier in Cusco. Maria, David and Frank(2 french guys), and myself grabded some dinner and wine that night. Thats when I discovered some awful news. I LOST MY ATM CARD. So the ordeal begins-I have $65 us dollars and a credit card at least. When I arrived at La Paz, great city by the way, I called the bank and cancelled my check card and arranged for a replacment to be sent to the hotel I am staying-cheap((50BS =$7.50) private bath nice room). Any way I have to cut this short because I am going to grab lunch we some friends, but about 5 mins ago I found out that the bank not only cancelled my check card but also my credit card. I have $35 Us dollars and that is it until Wed. I have to figure out how I can get some money fast. But don´t worry it will be alright.
Chao