Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca
Date(s): June 23-26, 2008. Album by David Clement. 1 - 56 of 56 Total. 2539 Visits.

1 highest navigable lake in the world	2	3 nice big catamaran for just four tourists!	4 me
5 Bolivian Navy building: Bolivia lost their coastline in the War of the Pacific over 100 years ago, but still maintains a Navy	6	7 Moon Island	8 our first catamaran of the day - it took us from Chua to Sun Island
9 Inca steps on Sun Island. The first Inca, Manco Cápac, son of the sun god Inti, is said to have emerged from this Island	10 Fountain of the Inca	11 Moon Island with the Royal Range (Andes) in the background	12 a lot of farming terraces (video)
13 our guide Pepe with a shaman	14 crops used for medicine	15 typical reed boat	16 spinning yarn
17 alpacas	18	19 another reed boat	20 our second catamaran of the day - this one took us from Sun Island to Copacabana
21 Pilco Kaima - we did not have time to visit here	22 the first of many bowls of quinoa soup	23 Copacabana	24 Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana - sacred for both the indigenous peoples and Catholics
25	26	27	28 market in Copacabana
29 Bolivian immigration	30 about to enter Peru	31 one of the Uros floating islands; the whole island is constructed with reeds - note the solar panels	32 inside one of the houses - a TV!
33 the original purpose of building the islands was that they could be moved if needed	34 Natives selling their wares; video here	35 on Amantaní Island: Justin and me with our host for the night, Olga; the inhabitants speak Quechua	36 the view from our house for the night on Amantaní Island
37 my bed for the night	38 basketball/soccer court on Amantaní	39 hiking to the top of Amantaní - Taquile Island in the background	40
41	42	43	44 tourists dressed up in traditional clothing
45 on the way to Taquile	46	47 city hall of Taquile	48 you can see Taquile's school in the distance
49 Video here	50 on the way down to the boat	51 Puno City	52 Puno Cathedral
53 main tourist street in Puno	54 Juliaca - on the Inka Express bus to Cusco; note the unfinished houses, left that way to avoid paying taxes	55 stop at La Raya - the dividing line between the regions of Puno and Cusco	56 about to enter the Cusco Region

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