Nov 10, 2008 - Lake Titicaca and Isla del Sol

Another country down. thankfully Babs still had 40 Euros stuffed in her unstolen and unlost boots, so we managed to get through and across to Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca. ...

Sep 4, 2008 - Isla del Sol

Well, yesterday I spent the day just relaxing in Copacabana. Unlike Taquile, Isla del Sol is covered in a confusing maze of footpaths so that it was impossible to walk around without getting lost. ... I took it all in stride and just enjoyed the views - the lake, small villages, people herding sheep or donkeys, llamas grazing.Well, yesterday I spent the day just relaxing in Copacabana. Unlike Taquile, Isla del Sol is covered in a confusing maze of footpaths so that it was impossible to walk around without getting lost. ... I took it all in stride and just enjoyed the views - the lake, small villages, people herding sheep or donkeys, llamas grazing....

May 29, 2008 - Isla del Sol

This morning it was a hike down to the shore to our boat, and a quick trip to the Isla del Luna (I mean quick, we spent more time on the boat than we did on the island) before heading to the north of the Isla del Sol and the ruins at Chicanca. ... This is the main site of the Inca creation myth, where supposedly Mama Ocllo and Manco Capac came to earth.This morning it was a hike down to the shore to our boat, and a quick trip to the Isla del Luna (I mean quick, we spent more time on the boat than we did on the island) before heading to the north of the Isla del Sol and the ruins at Chicanca. ... This is the main site of the Inca creation myth, where supposedly Mama Ocllo and Manco Capac came to earth....

Apr 27, 2008 - Isla del Sol (Titikaka) - where the Inca Sun was born

We decided to walk from Copacabana to Yampupata, which is just across the strait from Isla del Sol. ... We also passed local highland people releasing their llamas and donkeys to graze after work - highland Bolivia as you imagine it! Isla del Sol is incredible - the Incas really knew how to pick their sacred sites! Wonderful views of very blue Lake Titicaca, Coati (Isla de la Luna), and the snow-capped Cordillera Real. ...

May 8, 2007 - Isla del Sol

The boat from Copa dropped us at a place called Escalera del Inca on the southern part of the island.The boat from Copa dropped us at a place called Escalera del Inca on the southern part of the island....

Jan 27, 2007 - Isla del Sol

I went with a ferry from Copacabana to Isla del Sol. ... I just went to the coast, got on a boat, sailed away enjoying the scenery, seeing an Argentine couple for the second time, one which I had met in Copacabana the day before but this time they were on another boat, much faster than my one so even though they departed more than 1 hour later, they still arrived before me! Once arrived in Isla del Sol, I went on a hike with a group that had a guide and he was telling us about the history of the island. ... He spoke in English, which could still barely be called English so I hardly understood anything of what he said.I went with a ferry from Copacabana to Isla del Sol. ... I just went to the coast, got on a boat, sailed away enjoying the scenery, seeing an Argentine couple for the second time, one which I had met in Copacabana the day before but this time they were on another boat, much faster than my one so even though they departed more than 1 hour later, they still arrived before me! Once arrived in Isla del Sol, I went on a hike with a group that had a guide and he was telling us about the history of the island. ... He spoke in English, which could still barely be called English so I hardly understood anything of what he said....