DAY 16

DAY 16

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Tiwanaku
July 18th 2007

Published: December 2nd 2007

We had bought our ticket yesterday to go from La Paz to Tiwanaku on a day tour. The tour bus collected us from the hostel. It was a nice small group. This was an amazing for me, as I had never read or even heard about Tiwanaku, so naturally I was curious as hell. Anshu was not to excited - all ruined out. Our first stop was on top a hill overlooking a huge valley and snow capped mountain range in ... Read Full Entry

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Wall

at Tiwanaku.

We two

at the wall.

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for size perspective.

Sunken courtyard

with carved stone tenon-head embedded in wall of Tiwanaku's Semi-subterranean Temple.

Closer look

at the carved stone tenon-head embedded in wall of Tiwanaku's Semi-subterranean Temple

Semi-subterranean Temple

Kalasasaya entrance

The megalithic entrance to the Kalasasaya mound is here seen from the Sunken Courtyard viewing west. The Kalasasaya stairway is a well-worn megalithic construct, with a single block of carved sandstone composing several steps.