Monday, April 23, 2007

Copacobana & Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

An easy bus and boat ride took us from La Paz to the tiny town of Copacobana on the banks of Lake Titicaca, the highest lake in the world. This is the view from the roof of our hostal just after dawn as we prepared for our trip to Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun), the capital of the Incas. In Copacobana we ran into Australian Nick who we had volunteered with at the animal park. Nick and his guitar came along with us to the island.
We spent one night and two days wandering along the Inca made paths on Isla del Sol. Here we saw our first Inca ruin, el templo del sol (the Temple of the Sun), orriginally built by the Incas predecors.

The trail passes over the summit of the island, showing incredible views of boths sides at the same time. Our second day was rainy and foggy. This is my favourite photo taking weather. The whole island had a cool, mysterious energy.
There are tons of quinoa fields here, so dark and colourful.

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