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2010-02-13

Some internet place, Copacabana, Bolivia

Reached Copacabana (Bolivia) midday. It's a nice laid-back town by lake Titicaca with many Argentinian hippies and trout-selling restaurants.

Tomorrow, at 8.30 will take a boat to Isla de Sol, the largest island in the lake and the birth place of the Sun and the Inca civilization. Will hike there a few hours, visit some Inca ruins, and then back to mainland.

Yesterday's highlight was a trip to two different cultures living on lake Titicaca:
  • the descendents of the Uros people (who speak Aymara now) who build floating reed islands on which they then build their houses. The people are very commercialized, seem to be living entirely on tourists.
  • the Quechua people on the Taquile island, who are famous for their textile skills, e.g. all men know how to knit.

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