Lake Titicaca Day 2

On Day 2 we sailed South and landed near Yumani.

A fairly steep climb up the hill. We are close to 4,000 metres above sea level (Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world) so was hard going.

This structure pre-dates the Incas, and is thought to be 3,000 years old.

This is some of the inside of this 3,000 year old structure. The island was only opened to the public around 35 years ago and previously it was used to hold political prisoners – some of whom lived in here.

These two Bolivian girls were on the cruise and bus with us. The story behind this photo is they are showing off their new sunhats, which they purchased  after they got a bit burnt yesterday. They had exclaimed how they would struggle getting boyfriends due to their sunburn. An Australian commented he didn’t think they had to worry much 🙂

A great view from on top.

One alpaca.

And another.

This garden is a display of all the traditional plants and vegetables and what they were used for.

We had morning tea here with this view.

Then went around a museum – saw a large display of crops they use.

Traditional inca costume.

Another costume – to represent a Morenada.

Had a brief cruise on this traditional sailing ship. A scientist has a theory that the Pacific Islands were colonised by Latin Americans sailing on ships like this.

Then we headed by bus up to Puno, which is also on the shores of Lake Titicaca, but in Peru. This is the no mans zone between Bolivia and Peru.

And now we are in Peru, the last country of our trip.