Lago Titicaca

Spent the last two days at the Titicaca Lake in the small town Copacabana, still in Bolivia but right at the border to Peru. The hostel I stayed in was quiet and ecological, run by a young family that served the most delicious vegan/vegetarian dishes with vegetables straight from their garden. The only thing I could complain about was the worst matress I ever slept on, but they had yoga mats so I was able to release the pain a little bit. I couldn’t have wished for better weather and more sun, but it gets really cold at night there, since the Titicaca Lake is located at 3800m nn - the highest shipable lake worldwide. The daytrip to Isla del Sol which is a slow, veeery slow 2h-boatride from Copacabana, was lovely! The view from the miradors over the green island with heaps of agriculture terraces, different flowers and butterflies, onto the shiny blue lake with small bays and the snowcovered Andean mountainrange, was stunning. Besides the landscape is Isla del Sol an very important joint for the Inka culture. The legend says that the god of the sun Inti, let his children -the first two Inkas Manco Capac and his wife Mama Ocllo - down on this island. Unfortunately you can only visit the south of the island, because the northern part is currently closed for visitors due to conflicts between the inhabitants of both sides. I think there are living about 2000 people, most of them indigenous, who mainly live of the tourism.
Of course I couldn’t resist and took a quick, refreshing dip in the clear lake before we had to leave. I explored the island together with an Argentinian I met in the hostel and spoke spanish for the whole day, yay!
Back in town I had fresh grilled fish (trucha - Forelle) at one of the tiny streetfood-places right by the lakefront, for dinner.
I could have easily spent another day on the island, just strolling around, exploring and enjoying the view or just laying at one of the tiny beaches, since the weather was that nice.Read more