Lake Titicaca Day 1

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After a very brief stay back in La Paz, we headed by bus up to Lake Titicaca for a couple of days. The road out of La Paz was quite congested.

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This is the foreshore of Copacabana, which looked like an English seaside resort with all the recreational devices.

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The Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana which was another incredibly beautiful Catholic church. Most don’t allows photos inside, which is a pity as they are stunning.

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Two dogs using a prank bench as shelter.

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An entire street that sells basically nothing but popcorn.

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Instead of Coca Cole, they have Inca Kola. At first I thought it was a rip off of Coke, but it turns out to be produced by Coke. Tastes like Mellow Yellow.

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Some cool architecture.

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A view of Copacabana from the Lake.

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We went to Challapampa in the north of the Isla del Sol or Island of the Sun. This is regarded as the birthplace of the Inca Empire. We then got transferred by rowing boat to a shore.

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This is where we landed.

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We then saw this 800 year old Inca structure.

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Then a walk of a couple of kms back to the town.

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Lots of donkeys on the island.

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Challapampa.

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This pig is tied up down at the beach. I hope for his sake, this is high tide, not low tide.

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Amused by this house. You wouldn’t want to walk out the second floor doors in a hurry!

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Popped into a local house, and they had this guinea pig pen, which is of course for dinner that night.

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The catamaran we were on, which includes an overnight stay on it.