Today we had a full day trip by local boat from Copacobana harbour to the historic island of Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca. The island is famous for being the birthplace of the whole Inca civilisation. The modern day Aymara and Quechua people of Bolivia and Peru still believe the legend of the sun being born on this island as their creation story even today. There are lots of ancient Inca ruins on the island and our guide, Leonardo took us to visit a few before we had a picnic lunch and then went on a three hour hike along old Inca trails on the island. The island was beautiful. It lives up to its name, it was a very sunny day, it rarely rains on the island and the hilly slopes were very dry. It felt very Mediterranean, similar to a Greek island except it was a 3800m high island in a huge lake and not by the sea.
Towards the end of the hike we passed through tiny traditional villages down to a small port. There was a local wedding ceremony taking place as we walked by, lots of merry music and dancing. There are no cars on the island, the only transport being donkeys. At the port the donkeys were all waiting to be loaded up with goods/supplies to be taken onto the island.
In the evening we all went out for a group meal to a local restaurant, I was hungry, I'd starved myself all day trying to ward off my stomach bug. The food was a little over priced but great, it was our guide, Leonardo's, mums restaurant.
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