soccer, sun, and friends

Well we have made it to la paz and it is nice to be here. It is a bit chilly but all in all we are enjoying ourselves and had a nice day.
I guess I should start by backing up just a bit to our time at isla del sol. We took a ferry for a couple of dollars from copacabana to ISla del sol(island of the sun). This is said to be one of the most important inca sights, in a sense it is an inca mecca. This is kind of funny because there is nothing there, just some simple ruins of a temple, a stone table, and a big rock. Other than that it is a desolate little island with sparse vegitation here and there. I guess this place holds significant value in their creation, worship, and calender.....we werent that impressed. Nonetheless we checked out the ruins (on the north end of the island) and set off on a trek to the south end of the island. IT took us about 2 hours from where we caught our ferry back home. We got home and quickly realized that we were quite red. I should say that Liana was more of a purple then a red. I owe it to my big beard that I never burned my face(tried to get a picture but the macro setting wouldnt focus in). So tired from sun and hiking we went to bed to rest before our next move.

We set off early in the morning on a bus for La paz, about 3.5 hours or so. Everything was cool untill we drove through this small town and came to the beach where the road ended. I was confused and quickly became somewhat nervous when our bus drove on to this super rickety old...boat I guess you would call it. Now I figure the bus ways a good bit but the old boat seemed to have no problems and we were propelled along by a little outboard motor. We are safe!!!

On the bus we started talking to some people who were actually from lethbridge!!! Now thats a coincidence. They are pretty cool and after the bus we shared a taxi and found a hostel. We were all hungry and so went out to eat together. On the way back to the hostel I heard someone listening to a soccer game on the radio and after asking found out that there was a game on in la paz in an hour or so. We all decided to go and caught a taxi to the game where we bought some soccer jerseys(lee and I payed $4 for two) and bought our tickets. The game was two teams from the Bolivian league and after a slow start picked up in the second half. I really enjoyed this and I am sure Liana did as well as she is used to watching the slightly slower pace of the browns(my team in lethbridge) . Tonight we went out of sushi(a welcome change) and are relaxing abit before a promising day tomorrow of some sight seeing and a bit of shopping.