Saturday 24 March 2007

LAKE TITIKAKA (BOLIVIA)







A lovely 15km walk along the lake side took us from Copacabana to Yampupata where we hired a boat to take us to the north of Isla de Sol. The site is worshipped as the birthplace of Manco Kapac and Mama Ocllo, the first Incas referring to the legend. We stayed a night in the south of the island where Phil suffered from altitude sickness all night.

To catch an early bus the next morning from Copacabana we had to charter a private expensive boat to take us back and we were furious when we got told there wasn't an early bus because of a national holiday. Trying to get some of our money back because we could have taken quite easily the public ferry was nerve racking and time consuming and when we nearly gave in the agent finally handed over some money.

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