I did not sleep well in Puno, I was very stressed. As I mentioned earlier, buying a vehicle in a foreign country is sometimes risky. My motorbike is registered in California. It is forbidden to sale a foreign moto in Peru, or it would be like importing foreign goods: the person who drives the moto in should drive it out. Additionally, there is a temporary permit of 3 months, and if it is expired, the customs confiscate the moto. I had only 3 days left on the permit, and if the customs were being difficult, I would not have time to find a solution.

I went to the Copacabana border, because I knew the officials there are a bit more ‘friendly’. After long discussions and a bit of persuasion in form of US dollars, they let me get out of Peru. From now, I should not have any problem in other countries! I am in Bolivia!Superfriendly customs in Bolivia:From Puno to the border, the ride is very pleasant along the Titicaca lake.Cold however with a bit of snow:At the border, I met Trace and Brian, traveling in a camper from Canada! Together, we had beers on a sunny terrace with amazing lake views… I was finally relax, one of the best days since I started traveling!We then went to a hostel/camping. Only 3.6 dollars for a private room! There I met 2 guys, one from France and the other from Holland, traveling solo on bicycles. What I do with KLaRa my motorbike, they are doing it on pushbikes: passes at more than 4,000m, snow, cold, etc… A lot of respect for them! But I forgot to take pictures…The trip from Copacana was wonderful along the Lake:At some point, I had to drive KLaRa on a barge to cross the lake:The entrance in La Paz was messy because of endless roadworks, but spectacular:This concludes my first motorbike trip. 10 days from Lima to La Paz, 2350km, including 5 passes at more than 4,300m, visits of Paracas Reserve, Machu Picchu, Cusco, Titicaca… Today I leave Peru 1 month after I arrived from Brasil. I have to say I have been more than positively surprised by the Inca country. The people, the landscapes, the food, the history… I have not seen the beaches of the North, but to quote a local recently met in Puno: Peru is a paradise.