We've heard all sorts of stories about border crossings and after Ecuador / Peru systems down saga we braced for more of the same. You can get a tourist bus that takes you through the border and helps out with the paperwork, we took this. We also shoved all our US dollars into shoes, underwear etc after hearing that Bolivian officials often tried to confiscate 'fake' dollars.
At the border we were shepherded out the bus, taken to exchange Peruvian Soles and US Dollars for Bolivian Bolivianos. Thereafter a few stamps in the Peru office and then we walked across the border. En route there was the largest bag of popcorn I'd ever seen filled with the largest popcorn I've ever seen. The maize here is large, so you get large popcorn. Like a moth to a flame I had to get a photo and a couple more of the border crossing - this was much too Mandy's disapproval as there shouldn't be any photos at border crossings as she'd learnt from African border crossing days.
The Bolivian side was similar and after an uneventful no systems required manual border crossing we were in Bolivia and off to Copacabana.
The guide books all warn about fake money, especially in Bolivia - that won't happen to us!
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