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Bolivia Copacabana and Lake Titicaca Tiwanaku

After the bus ride, where we took a barge to cross a piece of Lake Titicaca (the cut the country is made so that a piece of Bolivia is accessible only through the lake, if one does not pass by Peru),

we get to Copacabana.

It's night and it arises in the first hotel coming. In the early morning, still a bit cool, we're still at 3800 meters, we will take our breakfast on the small market: leche con chocolate with puffed dough in oil. Then we went around in the cathedral à la façade mauresque et à l’intérieur bien baroque, sans avoir eu la chance (sans doute parce qu’aucun touriste n’avait payé…) de voir la bénédiction des voitures par le curé, pourtant donnée comme bihebdomadaire. Original! C’est pas grave, on se rattrape sur les 2 perroquets qui ont visiblement élu domicile sur la grille d’entrée et qui auront une absolue délicatesse à venir manger les cacahuètes qu’on leur propose. On s’est même pas fait chiquer les doigts. Après un bref passage à l'hôtel, on repart pour une balade, mais en arrivant près du gymnase, nous sommes interpellés par le bruit. Nous allons voir et To our great surprise, he is a football game a bit peculiar. I'll let you judge this time as unexpected as typical of the country ...

Then we climb the side of the first Inca ruins that are discovered on a road built from the same period. In the end, beautiful lake views and the island of sun in the distance, with the Bolivian side that stands out in the sun. It almost seems to be facing the sea, so the highest altitude lake in the world is large (97 km to 230 km long). However, with the arrival of English, there is very little intact ruins, the stones being reused at the time for construction of the conquistadors ... After the stroll, we'll eat in one of the many tourist restaurants on the main street, enjoying the sun . It is a condition, as soon as one is in the shade, the temperature falls seriously! In the afternoon, Aude will arise at the hotel while I walk towards the side of the peninsula of Isla Del Sol.Les people are smiling on the way, hailed me, asking me I come from, where I go, between 2 pickaxe dans les champs ou allongés sur leurs outils de travail. Mon espagnol me permet désormais de communiquer en petit nègre avec les gens, qui sont aussi compréhensifs que contents de voir un touriste qui parle avec eux. Plus loin, se joue le match de foot des chauffeurs de taxi. l’occasion de voir encore une fois des gars qui galopent en altitude derrière un ballon : quelle énergie, quel souffle! Finalement je me dirige vers la montagne, afin de profiter du coucher de soleil sur la petite baie de Copacabana

et d’une jolie lumière sur les montagnes, accompagné d’une détente fumante… ça faisait longtemps.Le lendemain, on part pour 2 heures de traversée for Isla Del Sol, central point of the Inca culture for ceremonies and worship of the Sun.

It was here that the sun was born ... After landing, we take

stay in the group's boat to make a piece of the visit with the guide, which begins with the visit room museum. Many excavations have been carried out here, not all finalized, both on land and under the waters of the lake because the lake level, 500 years ago, was almost 100 meters down, amazing! We head north of the island that defines an ancient sacred space, a place of pilgrimage for the Inca people and where is the third most important ritual of this culture. It is symbolized by a rock with a head shaped puma facing an altar where sacrifices were made and religious ritual. The Incas also determined an agrarian calendar and ritualized celebrations, according to the calendar year that begins on the summer solstice June 21 Then we ended the visit by the temple of the Isla del Sol, overlooking the sea opposite the coast of Peru and with the other side of Bolivia and its snowy peaks.

We choose to land there for lunch and make a small nap.

I take this opportunity to get some pictures of the site, but also local working to renovate the site.

Indeed, here the population is involved and participates in the restoration of its heritage and therefore a possible financial resource. 5 years ago, there were 10 tourists a week ago today in a minimum 80 per day ... While I was talking to some workers and answer their request to take pictures of them, discusses with Aude the construction manager. Very quickly, nous sommes invités à partager la soupe et nous leur proposons une petite séance photo, afin de pouvoir leur donner les clichés par la suite. Grand sourire et applaudissements lorsqu’on leur dit que nous sommes comme fiancés! Les femmes font à manger, apportent les cailloux et jettent un œil sur leur petit, pendant que les hommes piochent, amassent les pierres et défrichent les décombres. Les petits enfants participent en jouant avec la terre et suivent leur mère durant leurs allers-retours. On assiste là à un vrai travail de réhabilitation dans la pure tradition bolivienne, quel plaisir. Le patron nous invitant à passer chez lui en fin de journée, on laisse nos affaires et partons faire un petit ride on the heights of the island, enjoying the panorama of the temple: even a memory of beauty for our eyes to so many small story about a mythical place.

back loan from the temple, we welcome people from before the middle of the island, was not resollicités by the manager. The sun is setting, we take the new trail that passes through the hills of the island, before returning to the village in the middle, with a young shepherd who brings his herd of 20 head of sheep. But we make it out clearly that one is missing ... It stopped several times and despite our proposal to keep his flock (yes I know animals know and communicate with them, I've looked at 3 o'clock in the morning the animal programs and hunting and fishing! Oh you too! after a party where you do not go straight to bed? "...). But rather than pick him up and quickly find the missing person, he prefers to continue (at the same time the sheep will not cross the island to swim). It is therefore the rest of the way with him and a group of 5 other children with a big herd of sheep.

Children each carrying a bundle of wood and have fun to grow, while climbing around to drive the herd.

If young, they are already working, taking turns in a good mood and sharing the task collective.On find an inn in the village overlooking the small bay where the sun will come for us wake up the next day. When he wakes up he is not too early and it's the sound of laughter and squeals of children playing in the garden that we are going to wash. We'll spend the day between salsa, walk on the island

and nap along the terrain de foot, où se joue un match local avec commentaires enthousiastes du public, regroupant hommes, femmes et enfants. C’est un peu le rendez-vous du dimanche, entre bonbons, habits traditionnels et téléphones portables. entre 2 changements de couche du petit dernier. C’est bon de juste voir jouer un match, sur le lieux si mythique du Titicaca, à l’endroit même où j’imaginais que les gens seraient habillés en Inca! Apres cette après-midi, on prend le chemin du retour, le long du lac pour retrouver notre petite chambre, l’occasion d’une salsa…Le lendemain, on se lève tôt afin de pouvoir attraper le bateau du matin qui part du sud de l’île. Après 2 hours of walking, we deserved our breakfast on the terrace overlooking the Isla Luna and the sun that warms us, it's good. The opportunity to tell us we did well to sleep in the center of the island, given the number of buildings and infrastructure for tourists who are mushrooming here. It finally took the boat, making a stop at the temple of the sun which rises in the foothills of the southern island

before reaching land.

Here we waiting for the bus that takes us to Peru, to immerse yourself in culture and the mythical Inca constructions ...