Copa, copacabana. The coldest place south of Havana. Looks nice though.....
A nice sunset over the lake.
Isla del Sol in the foreground with Copacabana being in the top right. Very hilly island. All the lines on the right hand side of the hill are stone walled terracing for agriculture. It is everywhere on the island and must have taken a huge amount of manual labour to build.
Essentially we did about 6 hours of walking on Isla del Sol. This may sound not too bad. But consider it being cold, any slight incline completely exhausted you thanks to the altitude and a complete lack of signs or directions (which means you do extra walking cause you get lost). So although it was a tiring day, it was well worth it. Lake Titicaca is very beautiful once the sun comes out and it did restore my lack of being near water after being landlocked for over 3 months.
Beautiful vegetation on the 3 hour walk up the island. The whole point of the walk, which we were questioning at some stages, was to see some Incan ruins and the birthplace of Manco Capac. Luckily we eventually made it.
This was our first Incan ruins so we were impressed. Although i am sure we will get overdosed in the next month in Peru. The table below is where sacrifices were made, anything from llamas and alpacas to any unfortunate young ladies who were considered beautiful enough.
And yes, below is a puma's head with some kind of triangle thing on the right that symbolises something. A little was lost in the Spanish translation we interpreted but this rock is very sacred and is apparently were Manco Capac rose from. Very impressive.
A nice sandy but very cold beach.
(And yes, there are lots of photos cause for once the internet connection is fast.)
