Blogs from Tiwanaku, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America - page 2

Jose, Ceci and I took a tour to Tiwanaku Bolivia’s most significant arquelogicla site. Not much is known about the people who lived here and builded this great ceremonial place, but it’s belived that Tiwanaku rose in about 600BC and disappeared about 1200AC, with different theories, one of them being that the Inca came and took the land as there has been found evidence of its influence. There are a number of megaliths strewn around the site, including a ruined pyramid which is still being excavated as it hs been covered by sand and mud for hundreds of years, and the remains of a ritual platform. Our guide took us first to the museum and gave us lots of information about this pre-inca civilization, the most bizarre one was the deformed skulls we saw (they looked ... read more

Acordamos cedinho, 7 da manha e fomos tomar cafe novamento na Chola do mercado, a van que nos levou a Tiwanaku passaria no Hostel as 8 da matina. Cafe da manha a Chola novamente com toda a simpatia nos serviu um delicioso mate de coco e dois paezinhos com manteiga... muito bom. Pegamos a Van e seguimos por 72 Km ate o sitio arqueologico de Tiwanaku. Tiwanaku foi a civilizacao que deu origem aos incas, tinhamos um guia muito bom o grupo de 12 pessoas com Irlandeses, Ingleses, um americano, um alemao, espanhois, franceses. Almocamos num restaurantezinho no proprio lugar, o Zenun comeu truta e eu pedi um frango... tava ruim... enfim... valeu a pena. O dia foi cansativo, muito sol e muito frio. A noite fomos ao Mongos, um restaurante baladinha tipico. Maravilhoso, chegamos la ... read more

Eng version below. Ruiny Tiwanaku sa tym dla Boliwii czym Machu Picchu dla Peru. Choc mniej spektakularne, pozostaja najwazniejszym stanowiskiem archeologicznym tego kraju. Kultura Tiwanaku powstala na wiele lat przed inkaska (ok 1500r p.n.e). Upadla okolo roku 1000 n.e. Jak wsrod wielu ludow ameryki przedkolumbijskiej, tak i wsrod tego byli swietni budowniczy. Swiatynie i inne obiekty, wzniesiono na wysokosci 4000m z idealnie dopasowanych do siebie blokow kamiennych. To, co zostalo odkopane zachowalo sie w swietnym stanie, mimo ze bloki nie byly niczym spojone. Prawdopodonie ruiny prezentowalyby sie bardziej imponujaca, gdyby nie najezdzcy ze Stare Swiata... (dalsze opisy pod zdjeciami). Zabwanie bylo przed dotarciem do ruin, kt sa polozone poltorej godziny jazdy autobusem od La Paz. Autobusiki sa malenke i nie odjezdzaja dopoki nie sa zapelnione pasazerami. Kierowca wlazi na dach i wy... read more

Finding ourselves with a layover day in La Paz, we decided to take a short little day trip to a nearby archeological site called Tiwanaku (or Tiahuanaco). We boarded a little bus with a bunch of other tourists from all over the globe and rode about an hour and a half to the site, which is near the south eastern shore of Lake Titicaca. Our guide took us into the small museum and around the site explaining the history of the Tiahuanco people, believed to be the cultural predecessor to the Incas. Much of the site is in poor condition due to being looted by other ancient groups and of course, by the Spanish. We were taken to the colonial period church in the nearby town to see that it had been built with rocks pilfered ... read more

Yesterday we visited Tiwanaku, an important pre-Inca settlement, some 50km or so out of La Paz, up on the High Plateau. We left after a breakfast consisting of mate de coca (which is delicious!) and a small, buffet breakfast. Climbed up to El Alto at 4050m. We had stunning views of La Paz on the way up. Going through El Alto was fascinating as it was Market Day, so the place was absolutely crammed and packed of local flavour. We didn´t stop but our heads swivelled and eyes were spinning to catch everything. The bus then drove along the High Plateau, a valley, some 4060m above sea level. The place consists of farming communities as the Plateau is pretty fertile land. This time of year, the farmers are praying for rain as the soil is too ... read more