October 28, 2012

Lake Titicaca, Bolivia


On route from La Paz to Lake Titicaca the bus had to cross a smaller lake via barge.

Approach to Copacabana on the shore of Lake Titicaca.

Moorish style cathedral housing the scared Virgen de Bolivia .....

..... colorful arched and domed ceilings .....

..... candles were lit in a damp, dark stone hall.

Festival decorations at a local kiosk.

Lake Titicaca - saphire blue - the largest high altitude lake in the world - straddles Peru and Bolivia.

Isla del Sol - birthplace of the sun in Inca mythology - where we stayed a night.

View of the lake from our hostal at 4000 meters [13,000 feet].

Hiking above the shore of Isla del Sol.

Inca ruins - from this vantage point they would track the sun during the year against the backdrop of the Peruvian Andes.

Bolivian woman on the hillside.

Home brew that we were invited to share - very smooth citrus flavour.