We arranged a separate tour today to visit the site of Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco), Bolivia's most significant archaeological site, 72km west of La Paz. We joined another tour group, who were all very welcoming, and were doing their tour of South America travelling from north to south. They were very useful to gain a few tips for our journey onwards! First we had a tour around the museum, where Ellie was utilised as part of the demonstration! We viewed lots of skulls and various artefacts, traditional tools of the various eras, bone and metal relics and ceramic and lithic artefacts - very interesting. Next we took a tour around the site itself. The site rose around 600 BC, and contained megaliths, a pyramid in a little disrepair in the shape of a half of an Andean cross,
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