Lago Titicaca

Arrived today in Copacabana, which is the town on lake Titicaca that you use to access isla del sol. Lake Titicaca, for those of you who were too busy doing drugs in High School to remember Geography, is the highest lake in the world at an elevation of about 12, 500 ft and is right on the border of Bolivia and Peru. Everyone goes to Isla del Sol usually for a day to see the place where the Incans believe the sun was born. We decided to stay for 2 days. Lake Titicaca itself, although pretty, is nothing special. It's just a lake. Hiking thru Isla del Sol is something else entirely. By far some of the prettiest views I've seen in S.A. We took a boat from the south end and then hiked from the northern end back towards where we were staying in the south end. The hike itself was pretty intense, I thought I was going to pass out for about half of it because you're walking in pure sun at an elevation of about 13,000 ft once you really get into the center of the island. However, we saw the ruins and the "sacred rock" where the sun was born and the views were out of a book. You should look at the pictures.

Isla del Sol is, surprisingly, pretty undeveloped as well which is refreshing. Of course, there are some places to stay on the island but there is no internet, no ATMS, little electricity and most "restaurants" are just a room added on to a family's house where they cook for you. No night clubs, no heating either. This fact has prompted me to start a business on the island so that I can begin the natural westernization process of ruining everything indigenous and making it packaged and commercial. I'll rent donkeys to lazy tourists who would rather ride the island on a pack animal than walking and the ride will end at the Sacred Rock which will have a bar with drinks and souvenirs. 15 bucks for everything. However, I'll need some seed money to get this started, so anybody interested please send cash to torreblanco@gmail.com using paypal. I promise a return on your investment within 10 years.