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Bolivia/Peru – Titicaca the highest lake in the world!

We went to the Lake Titicaca, our last stop in Bolivia. We stoped in Copacabana, a nice little town by the lake with its beautiful church and its small harbor, surrounded by two hills that we both climbed to contemplate the view.

The next day we set off on Lake Titicaca, at 3800m, it is considered the highest navigable lake in the world, with an area of 58,000 km ². So we took the boat to visit the Isla del Sol (Sun Island), the largest island in the lake. Isla del Sol is the center of the Inca mythology. According to legend, the gods Incas would have appeared on this sacred island.
We landed north and started our 3 and half hour trek to reach the south. The island has exceeded all our expectations, the scenery was stunning, on the road we could see some Inca ruins and local working their land and some isolated villages.

We spent the night on the island Yumani where we could see mules and lamas from our bedroom window, then we took the boat back to Copacabana where we spent a last day.

The next morning we went in the direction of Peru, the border is just 1km away.

After a month traveling we said ‘’tchao’’ to Bolivia, and 3 hours later we arrived in Puno. A fairly large city on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Puno is not very much interesting, but we could enjoyed its main square and some nice buildings from the time of the conquistadors.

The real reason to be in Puno is to visit the famous floating islands on the lake where some tribes still live.
A few hours after our arrival we take a tourist boat to visit the floating islands. We found it very interesting to see how they live and how they built these islands, but also very disappointed to see that it is in fact a places 100% made and conserved for tourism.

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