When buying our tickets for Isla del sole, we were told that it was $3 to visit the island, or $4 to visit the island and see the floating villages. Ok, I thought it would make sense to visit the floating village for $1. Turns out, it costs $6 to visit the island, and there is no floating village. The Inca ruins are a categorical joke, the island is literally a tourist 'trap'. And then it turns out that when we were done trekking the island, none of the restaurants were open. In short, the experience was so pathetic that I [View Full Entry]

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Lake Titicaca - Island of the sun. By Tina Torres After backpacking around Bolivia for a month everything is a bit dirty, a bit stinky and a bit worn out, especially me! We have been constantly on the go, finding buses, finding accommodation, finding food, finding that monument that is on the map but not on the street. I am glad to be on Isla de Sol, (Island of the Sun) for a genuine break and a chance to find me. Lake Titicaca, which is situated on the border of Bolivia and Peru. Isla de Sol is one of many islands [View Full Entry]

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If you haven´t heard, there´s a place on earth called Lake Titicaca. It´s a marvellous place with an even better name. Just a few hours outside of La Paz, you can reach a place called Copacabana, which is right on the lake. From town there´s an hour and a half boat ride to Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun). This was a great chill place with a few hostels and restaurants scattered around a few small villages. In about four hours you can walk from one side to the other and see some Incan ruins over looking a small bay. [View Full Entry]

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(It's okay. You can laugh.) We headed to the famous Lake Titicaca, the largest lake in South America. Our Lonely Planet guidebook states (in different chapters) that it is the highest navigable lake in the world, and that it is often erroneously described as the highest navigable lake. (?!?) One thing is for sure, it is the most laughed at name in all of South America. Lake Titicaca is also the foundation of the great Tiwanaku civilization, possibly the biggest civilization you've never heard of. As such, the Lake is also the home of one of the most sacred spots in [View Full Entry]

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Nach em ne super guete Zmorge mit richtig chnuschprigem Brot und feiner Erdbeerconfi :-)) hei mir ues is Getuemmel vo La Paz begaeh. Ueses Hotel isch i der Naechi vom Witches Market gsi. Dert cha me so ziemlech aues choufe vo Alpaca Chleider bis zu troechnete Lama Embrios. Die waerde anschiinend vor em Huus vergrabe und soeue Glueck bringe. Mir hei ues de ufs Shoppe vo Alpaca Chleider beschraenkt ;-) Der Thomas het de ou no ae Bolivianische Coiffeur usprobiert und het sech ou no grad la rasiere. Das het raecht kriminell usgseh, aber ds Ergaebnis isch guet gsi. A daem [View Full Entry]

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Arrived in Copacabana after a 9hr bus journey from Cusco. It wasn´t bad except the mad old bint next to us kept opening the sky light window which we and several other passengers kept closing. we gave up in the end and kept warm beneath our llama woven blankets. We alighted the bus at around 8am the following morning along with several other travllers and were bundled into the slowest mini bus ever. So slow in fact that we were taken over by a car full of sheep! Yes, that´s right. Sheep! They weren´t actually driving the car but were passangers [View Full Entry]

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14th February 1 1/2 hours boat ride from Copacabana is the Isla del Sol (the island of the sun) which in Inca mythology was the birthplace of the Sun. We headed out early to buy tickets for the boat which left at 8.30am. The journey was slow, quite a big boat but powered by a single outboard motor and the seats were really uncomfortable. We had decided to stay the night on the island as it sounded like a good place so we had our full packs with us. Upon landing at the island infront of us was the Inca Staircase, [View Full Entry]

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mittlerweile seit 3 wochen schon bin ich jetzt in bolivien. und es ist schon definitiv ein grosser unterschied zu argentinien zu bemerken. seien es die busse (gott sei dank ist bolivien nicht so gross und man faehrt nie wirklich laenger als 8 stunden, zumindestens bei unserem reiseplan), das wetter (alles durchgehabt von tropen bis schnee), die menschen (es sind wesentlich mehr indigene sichtbar, bzw sieht man diese fast ausschliesslich), das essen (mehr fruechte, mehr strassenhaendler generell). vor kanpp vier wochen haben wir agentinien verlassen. fast ohne zwischenstop (ausser asuncion) gi [View Full Entry]

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Mit einem kleinen Boot dass in der Schweiz vermutlich fuer 20 Personen zugelassen waere, tuckerten wir mit 50 Personen an Board (im Schrittempo 2h) Richtung Isla del Sol. Im Norden der Insel befindet sich eine alte Inka Ruine mit einem Opferstein (nicht sehr spektakulaer). Statt mit dem Boot auf die Suedseite der Insel zu fahren, entschieden wir uns fuer den dreistuendigen Fussmarsch einmal quer ueber die Insel. Die Insel zeigt sich dabei relativ karg. Dennoch bauen die Einheimischen kleine Terassen, um eine ebene Flaeche zu erhalten, und pflanzen vorwiegend Mais und Kartoffeln an. Der ga [View Full Entry]

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Day 16 - Isle Del Sol Today we arranged to go on a boat trip on Lake Titicaca to the Isle Del Sol. The Isle Del Sol is the legendary birthplace of the sun in Inca mythology. As we approached the ram shackled jetty we see the small wooden tourist boat nearly full of people but we managed to get a seat near the front. It is mainly full of foreign tourists however there were also some local people who must use it like a bus to get to the island. People continue to squeeze on the boat both on the [View Full Entry]

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