Day 90: Island of the Sun

The Isla de Sol in Lake Titicaca was a sacred place for the Incas because this is where they believe their founding parents emerged from the waters, at the call of the Sun God.

Today it resembles a Greek island like Santorini, rather than Bolivia, and provided me with a pleasant walk, accompanied by Swiss pal Sandor (bottom pic). Top guy.

The lake, which Bolivia shares with Peru, is vast and stretches as far as the eye can see.





THINGS I DIDN´T KNOW BEFORE TODAY
1. There is a fourth official language in Switzerland (after German, French and Italian) called Rumantsch
2. Swiss email addresses end in "ch", which stands for "confederation helvetica"
3. All Swiss men must complete a year of military service, although some do it in instalments
4. A Swiss university, the Federal Inst of Tech, rewards good degrees with a cash sum of 2,000 euros to spend on foreign travel

More pics of Isle of the Sun HERE