Not far from Copacabana, you can sail to Isla del Sol or Titi'kaka, as it is called in Aymara. The island is full of archeological ruins and is beautiful in a peculiar way. The Incas believed that the sun god was born there. Today it looks more like they have learned about the money god, and they use any excuse to ask for money. Besides tourism, they are/were selfsufficient and grow and fish their own food. They still use the old terraces from pre-Inca times and grow mostly organic potatoes, quinoa, horse beans, lupin and oca roots.
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| Spot the totora boats. |
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| Woman hoeing oca roots. Even if agriculture and fishing is still important in the island, tourism is taking over. |
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| Maria touching the "holy" water, which still attracts people that want to be healed or need luck in their affairs. The guide gave us some of the water to drink, but Maria used it to wash her hands instead because she didn't want bacteria from the water. Ironically enough Maria probably already had giardia at the time... |
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| From the north to the south there is an 8km path, which we took, but you have to pay at each of the villages just to enter them. |
These are such beautiful landscapes! And so much history. I bet you guys are loving it :-) Big hug from Belgium
ReplyDeleteQue maravilla! Y que suerte que podais disfrutarlo en directo! Con lo que nos gusta viajar a tus padres y nosotros nos encantaria er esos mu dos....bueno nos conformmos viendolo con vuestros ojos!!. Keep posting!. Un fuerte abrazo de Josep y Neus
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