Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Peru - Lake Titicaca

At over 3000m above sea level, Lake Titicaca is the world´s largest high-altitude body of water. And its name makes Bill giggle like a little girl.

We visited the Temple of Fertility, thought to be an Inca construction. That is NOT a stone mushroom that I am pointing at.


We also visited the Uros floating islands. These islands are man-made from tortora reeds that grow in the lake. The existence of these islands date back to pre-Inca times. Each island lasts about 15 years and then they have to make a new one. (We had a guide for this one, can you tell?)

They have solar panels on the islands, so there is electricity. We passed one hut where a kid was watching Dragon Ball (Japanese cartoon, any one?) on TV.

3 comments:

pooliod said...

You said Titicaca...

Anonymous said...

Perverts.

Jeeheon said...

Donnie - That´s exactly what Bill sounds like...

Brooklyn - Are you calling the great Inca civilization perverts?