Bolivia and Lake Titicaca

A view from The Island of the Sun on Lake Titicaca

The trip into Bolivia went well. The first stop was to a border town in Peru where a parade and festival just happened to be taking place. It lasted all day and the only type of group in it were marching bands. One after another after another...all day long. A group of dancers preceded the horns and drums. The only differences were the colors they wore.
Lucky for us United States Citizens we get to pay one hundred thirty five dollars to get a sticker in our passport while everyone else just gets a free stamp. At least we got to cut to the front of the line.
Shortly after passing through customs we arrived at the small Lake Titicacan town of Copacabana. Here a boat brought tourists to The Island of the Sun or Isla del Sol. There were a few ruins there but nothing spectacular. Some big rocks that resembled a face of a puma if you had the imagination of a three year old. They were also magical and across from them was a large block which was used to sacrifice animals. Another part of the island had another rock marker where they used to sacrifice women. Men luckily were spared from the rituals.
Anyways there were nice views of the lake and the mountains that borders the edges. On the boat ride home we dove past some floating islands. The locals had piled layers and layers of reeds into the water over the years and had built homes on top of the reeds. This was to protect themselves from attacks from other tribes.

The Floating Islands