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wrap up 2025: January
Shortly before sunset, we arrived by boat in Yumani on the south side of the hilly 'Isla del Sol'.
At the landing dock, we were greeted by an Inca statue. Some say it's the statue of 'Manco Capac', the very first Inca ruler, who was born with his sister 'Mama Ocllo' from the sun god 'Inti' in Lake Titicaca.
As the boat left, we knew there was no possibility to reach the mainland until the next day... Normally no problem since we had decided freely to come to the island, but a big thunderstorm was approaching the island and we had not booked anything to stay the night.
We were lucky, met the right person who was in charge of looking after some bungalows, and could rent us a room with an amazing view over the lake, right before the heavy rain started.
The thunderstorm caused a power outage for some hours. With our headlamps, we climbed on a small rocky path through the little village on the hill to search for a place where we could have dinner. Thanks to lots of candles, we found a super cozy little restaurant that served us and other guests the best dinner we could have ever wished for in that moment 🫶
The next morning we finally could see and explore the cute village on top of the hill on the southern end of the island.
After breakfast and coffee with a view we walked (~5h / ~12km) on top of the hill to the north side of the island. It was amazing to walk over the isla del sol on an height of around 4'000m above sea level!

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Maarit Feb 6, 2025

Backpacking trip in 2008 (October/November)
From Peru we travelled to Bolivia. First we visited Cobacabana by the lake Titicaca and from there we visited Isla del Sol. From Cobacabana we travelled to La Paz by interesting bus ride which included the transport of our bus over the river by "ferry".

In La Paz we visited the Coca Museum and toured around the city. Our final destination in Bolivia was the town of Sucre. For some reason we don't have many pictures from Sucre but it was a nice city.

My clearest memories from Bolivia are the bus rides which would be best described as long and uncomfortable intestinal massages.

1. & 2. Bolivia
3. Isla del Sol at lake Titicaca
4. Bus crossing the river
5. Coca museum
6. Pastries
7. Local bus in La Paz
8. Scenery on a bus ride from La Paz to Sucre.
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Reissu vuonna 2008 (loka-/marraskuu)
Perusta matkustimme Boliviaan. Aluksi vietimme aikaa Cobacabanassa Titicaca-järven rannalla, josta vierailimme myös Isla del Solin Saarella. Cobacabanasta matkustimme La Paziin. Tämä bussimatka sisälsi myös mieleenpainuvan "lautta"matkan joen yli. La Pazissa vierailimme Coca Museossa ja pyörimme kaupungilla. Viimeinen kohtelemme Boliviassa oli Sucre. Jostain syystä meillä ei ole hyviä kuvia Sucresta, mutta kaupunki oli kiva.

Parhaimmat muistikuvani Boliviasta liittyvät maan sisäisiin bussimatkoihin, joita kuvaisin sanoilla epämukavat sisäelinhieronnat.
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1. & 2. Bolivia
3. Isla del Sol ja Titicaca-järvi
4. Bussimme kuljetetaan joen yli
5. Coca-museo
6. Leivonnaisia
7. Paikallisbussi La Pazissa
8. Maisemat matkalla La Pazista Sucreen
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#backpacking #2008 #travelling #travel
#bolivia #cobacabana #nature #scenery #laketiticaca #isladelsol #lapaz #repostingoldphotos