Isla del Sol is located in the southern part of Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. According to Incan mythology it is here that the sun god and the Incan religion was born.
We took a boat across the lake to the island from copacabana and spent a night on the north shore which was quiet and peaceful and full of beach piggies! Aaaaaaah!
We took a boat across the lake to the island from copacabana and spent a night on the north shore which was quiet and peaceful and full of beach piggies! Aaaaaaah!
There are apparently over 80 ruins on the island, mostly all dating back to Inca times. We got up early on our second day ready to hike to the main tourist attraction and set off with our guide. The views were spectacular and we looked out to the island of the moon, where virgins were sacrificed and to the point in the lake where a lost city is meant to be hidden, rich in Incan gold. We learnt about the mysterious legends of the Inca's, seeing the holes in the rock where the sun and moon were born from and the marks on the earth where they took their first steps. We gazed at the natural rock formations of puma head and frog which all tied together the beautiful story of creation. We sat round the sacrifice table with its 12 seats to mark the months and 4 larger seats pointing north, south, east and west. It was fabulous to learn before we embarked towards Peru and Macchu Picchu.
We then took a boat to the southern part of the island for our last night. Our hostel hung perilously on the cliffs edge and as I stepped out of the shower that morning I was greeted by the great abyss of the lake and the rolling mountains. We went for a walk to meet llamas an had a dinner of freshly caught trout before retiring. Amazing.
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