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| This ferry takes a bus across the straits of Lake Titicaca. From there, it's a 30 minute drive to Copacabana. |
Lake Titicaca
(Titicaca, or "Rock of the Puma", as seen from the Bolivian side)
Lake Titicaca is the world highest navigable lake at 12,506 feet. "Lago Titicaca" is 124 miles in length, it even has its own "Bermuda Triangle" where many vessels have mysteriously disappeared. It was the private retreat of the Incan royalty and considered the most sacred place on Earth.
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| This ferry takes a bus across the straits of Lake Titicaca. From there, it's a 30 minute drive to Copacabana. |
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| A view of Copacabana, a town founded by the invading Spanish. From here, it's a 1.5 hour boat ride to the Island of the Sun where the Incan King kept his sacred temple. |
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| The Spanish altar in the Cathedral of Copacabana. The fixtures and paintings are over 500 years old. |
The Temple Pilkokaine, located on the Island of the Sun
(Isla del Sol). The doors are classic Incan style, low, and wide at the base. Note the terracing on the
hillside behind, which allowed them to farm on a slope.
The adjacent "Island of the Moon" (Isla de la
Luna), as seen from a window inside the Temple Pilkokaine. Behind the island is the "Cordillera Real",
a famous range in the Andes.
