copocabana is a nice little tourist town tucked in a bay on lake titicaca...not at all what i would call typical of bolivia... feels more like old tacky california tourist town.....nice and relaxing. great little stone hotel overlooking the water. 
rode to other side of the lake... crossed on a shouldnt be floatable boat.....battle to keep the bike upright. 
after getting to the other side my reserve gas light came on...1st town gas station.."no hay".... next 4 villages that look and feel more or less abonded, no windows, unfinished constrtuction, everything same color, bleak, kids all over road holding hands out for money.....its true about bolivia finacial state..... same story, no gas at stations. get to 36 miles on reserve, think it goes to 40....finally see a group of motorcyle police on side of road so pull over. sabes donde gasolina? si, aqui. (then told the lady to charge us $20..initial impression not the friendliest cops) the tiny store they were in front of sold it in jugs out the side....thats if you call it gas....pure white color like no gas ive seen but no choice...ok...thankfully i have some octane booster and it ran but sluggish.
rolled into la paz...literally as dan ran out of gas at the top of town...thanks for the andes, he coasted a few miles on the highway (even passing a bus) and rolled right into a station.... with gas! 
la paz, highest capital city in the world, spectacular initial view...man and mountains....once in the middle little different story. strange feelings here and not a smile in sight. country has been on verge of civil war for quite sometime now.... im sure that takes its toll. after a day though the city kind of shines in its own right and has a raw-real feel 
happy to get new camera.... heading south tommorrow.....gas permitting
rode to other side of the lake... crossed on a shouldnt be floatable boat.....battle to keep the bike upright. after getting to the other side my reserve gas light came on...1st town gas station.."no hay".... next 4 villages that look and feel more or less abonded, no windows, unfinished constrtuction, everything same color, bleak, kids all over road holding hands out for money.....its true about bolivia finacial state..... same story, no gas at stations. get to 36 miles on reserve, think it goes to 40....finally see a group of motorcyle police on side of road so pull over. sabes donde gasolina? si, aqui. (then told the lady to charge us $20..initial impression not the friendliest cops) the tiny store they were in front of sold it in jugs out the side....thats if you call it gas....pure white color like no gas ive seen but no choice...ok...thankfully i have some octane booster and it ran but sluggish. rolled into la paz...literally as dan ran out of gas at the top of town...thanks for the andes, he coasted a few miles on the highway (even passing a bus) and rolled right into a station.... with gas! la paz, highest capital city in the world, spectacular initial view...man and mountains....once in the middle little different story. strange feelings here and not a smile in sight. country has been on verge of civil war for quite sometime now.... im sure that takes its toll. after a day though the city kind of shines in its own right and has a raw-real feel happy to get new camera.... heading south tommorrow.....gas permitting 
3 comments:
Hey Mike! Looks like you are having quite the adventure! I totally admire your sense of adventure. Have fun be safe and keep up the great blogging.
Nehru Cheddie
LOOKIN' GOOD MIKE - HANG IN THERE AND KEEP POSTING.!
JOHN ROBERT HANNA
HOW'S MY BIKE DOING..?
thanks nehru nice to hear from you. in potesi, bolivia now and heading for uyuni salt flats tommorrow. hope all is well
mike
hey john,
bikes doing good but clutch slaeve is out from heat cracks probably. gonna get a new one in santiago and keep changing seals/ oil if i need to till then...hope it does go completely or i'll be truckin it
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