Arriving in Puno was not a pleasure. The town is really ugly and like many other urban areas in South America packed with traffic and consequently polluted. Like in other developing countries there are or “there must be” no regulations for vehicle emissions or some people might be really corrupt and prolong the life of […]
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Day 49: Copacabana (Bolivia) to Puno (Peru) – The 2nd border crossing challenge
The second border crossing after the one from Brazil into Bolivia was awaiting me today. This time I thought I’d be better prepared while reading a lot online about the rather “tranquilo” crossing at Copacabana. My first “surprise” was the Bolivian border patrol who asked me several times in different languages regarding the price of my motorbike […]