Today (13th August) we went for a walk around the lake away from Copacabana, towards Peru.
We started in the town centre after a late breakfast and took some nibbles with us for lunch.
As we walked along the beach we met one of the dogs that followed us yesterday. He trotted along beside us once again.
After a couple of kilometres Sparky, his new name, was still with us. We walked round to the end of the peninsula, scrambled up the cliff then along it until we came to the top footpath.
Sparky diligently followed us even though it seemed he hadn't been up on the top footpath before as he kept stopping and looking down at the lake then loyally running to catch up with us, weaving in between us, running ahead, then waiting for us to catch up.
When we stopped for lunch, Sparky laid down next to us and had a snooze, immediately getting up when we did. We found out he doesn't like Pringles, cheese biscuits or the local milk and sugar delicacy. However he does like lemon biscuits!
Sparky followed us for the whole walk, almost 3 hours, all the way back to our lodge.
Not sure what our lodge owners think but he seems to be minding his own business asleep on our hut's doorstep!
When we went out for dinner Sparky was nowhere to be seen. We walked along the lake to town keeping an eye out for Sparky but still no sign of him.
When we got back to our lodge, who was there to welcome us? It was Sparky!
He seemed extremely happy to see us, jumping up and rubbing his nose into our hand. Unfortunately one of the lodge staff thought Sparky was annoying us and chased him off the grounds :-(
Wonder if he'll be there in the morning?
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