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They just don’t know when to stop. At least by Tuesday things had somewhat returned o normal (?) in La Paz, just the odd random squirt of water, splash and splatter….here in Copacabana, as if to emulate their more famous namesake in Brasil, they just keep on with it, two groups at opposite corners of the plaza, almost in competition, couple of big bass drums, some small drums and 20 or so square recorder-like things, I hesitate to call them instruments, but no doubt in the sober hands of a musician something musical could come of it.<br />

Tripping in Tititaca - no huaris.

Bill Shum
2006-03-24 20:47:27

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the concussion effect is startling, especially in the narrow laneways, then beer or wine is sprayed around the ground!! Now you’re set for another year! I want to do the bike, there are some fabulous gladioli around, all the vehicles have flowers attached all over, and streamers and balloons, I’d like to try it but don’t want to go pissing off any of the local people…or whatever deities are still active here…I can feel it, don’t huari!

Ahh, cos Boliviathis is the place of ‘energy’,..they say you can feel it!…I’m not sure about the ‘energy’ tho’, by the time the boat got the Isal del Sol nearly everyone was asleep!, even the hippies who flock to these places for the religious experience…the experience coming from the sale of real imitation beads, amateur-hour rasta music and hand woven plastic wristlets…and there are hundreds of hippies here in Copa…is this Herb Instinct that draws them here?..,

And there’s not a lot of energy in the food and bev department either, placing orders, getting food, paying, getting change is a long drawn out experience. Fine, once you appreciate the time-lag but frustrating if you have something else to do.

The ferry-boat was a bit short on energy too, 2 little outboards to push this large boat a long way…slow boat to Isla?

And climbing to the top of Isla, where’s the energy now that I need it?..up the 1,000 steps, past the holy water spouts, past the 50,000 local women and kids flogging Isla del Sol neckerchiefs, llama wool jumpers, plastic Chinese beads and necklaces, outdoing the hippies who can only watch and weep.

Back in Copa..”plastered in the plaza”…The plaza, in fact the whole essential for construction they say!town, is dominated by the big church. It is massive, built following the appearance of the Virgin and subsequent miracles, it is the pilgrimage epicentre for many believers. ...