Lake Titicaca - Peru/Bolivia

These photos are taken from Lake Titicaca, both the Bolivian and Peruvian sides. This lake is sacred to the Incas as it is believed to be the birth place of both the sun and the moon.

From the Bolivian side we set out from Copacabana to the Isle de Sol (Island of the Sun), where we spent a couple of days here with our Dutch mates Vin and Bianca, (the four of us pictured watching the sun rise). The sunsets and rises on the island were pretty majestic, and is completely understandable why the place is sacred. Apart from being beautiful, this Island was also good practice for our upcoming Machu Piccu trek. The island is 3900m above sea level, and the Incas aren´t afraid of a stair or two.. or a thousand.

From the Peruvian side we set out on a two day boat trip, stopping at four island on the lake, including one island completely man made from the reeds that grow in the lake. This island floats on the lake, and is home to approx 1000 residents, which looked as though they had come from somewhat of a reduced gene pool. We had a overnight stay with a family on one of the land islands, which may or may not have been the most random experience yet on the trip (hence the fugly costumes), with three delicious meals of potato and rice arranged in three very similar ways. We also attended a community dance, wearing traditional dance (again the fugly costumes), with Richo looking like a saloon drunk, and Ebony looking like she was fresh from the milking barns of Sweeden.

The other photos are of Ebs having breakfast on top of the Isle de Sol, looking out over where the sun sets, and both of us at Copacabana at the sun set.

We are now in Puno, and head to Cusco tomorrow for Machu Piccu on the 10th of November. Ebs is missing Bolivia already, but looking forward to a bit of coastal existence in Peru.

Bye for now,

Ebs and Richo