Oh, what a
small place ;) We arrived to our fist small town after 7 weeks of exploring
South America. We went looking for hostel and after checking up several of
them, we went back to Paris hostal.
After a
meal in local market we walked around of new culture..but at the same time it
is very similar to previous one. Boivia is different country but shares many
similarities with Peru.
In the
afternoon and after well-deserved rest we climbed up nearest mountain to watch
sunset with fantastic view of Lake Titicaca. What a fabulous lake…looking like
an ocean :)
Sitting on
the rock at more than 3600m above sea level makes the fact even more extraordinary. Need
of coca tea is really big… it helps against dizziness and headache you can feel
in heights. And it makes breathing more
confortable.
Next day we
went to La Isla Del Sol…again by boat. Lake is so big that it has several
islands in it. It took almost 2 hours to reach North part of island. This place
was used by Incas as ceremony area. Legend says they were sacrificing people
and animals. They tied ceramic pots around bodies of lamas and thrown them into
the water alive! Cool Incas no?
There were
several options about how to visit island…1st was to sleep over, 2nd
was to walk from North to South and 3rd was to visit only North part
of island. And last one was the one we took. At first we visited museum…not
much to see…only some bones from sacrificed lamas and humans. Then we walked
through the beach...beach on island on the lake...amazing views! And went looking for a secret
rock. Nuno asked old lady and of course she said: “that way”. She just forgot
to mention we should turn right in next ten steps and enter a garden of
someone. Because we didn´t know, we walked for about an hour to see
nothing…well we had some nice views. So we got back to the track and kept
walking to the next monument..another secret stone, then altar of sacrifices
and labyrinth. Special buildings build
up as perfect labyrinth for rituals.
An
enchanted visit full of wonders and mysteries on such a small island. It´s nice
to see how different life can be. We could see many donkeys, sheep and pigs
stuffing their noses into algae on the lake shore :) Some potatoes plantation was seen
as well. Not much to admire in general.
Back to
Copacabana we had lovely dinner. Lasagna..mmmnhamy!!!
Next
morning we left for La Paz, the governmental capital of Bolivia. Copacabana
stayed in our minds but nice ride through pretty landscape made it just
memories.
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