From Cusco we took a bus to Lago Titicaca. The busride itself was already nice and partially breathtaking, literally again. Man, those heights! The altiplano was full of gorgeous landscape, alpacas, little villages, big mountainsand lots of small lakes.

We stayed in the town of Puno, which in itself is ugly, but hey, lake Titicacais justdown in the bay, so nothing to complain about.

Our B&B was really nice, think French countryside house meets English cottage. (See photos)

We took a trip to Sillustani, where they have Inca and pre-Inca funeral towers. The place also has beautiful views of the surrounding lake.

Next day, we went on our own private tour toCapachica peninsula to experience true Peruvian countryside life, where they are not really used to tourists yet. The views of Lake Titicaca were beautiful again, as were the littlevillages and the countryside life. At lunchtime, we just knocked on a door of reatuarant that seemed to be closed, but after some negotiation of our driver, we were servedthe best Titicaca trout we have tastedin ourtravels.

Trout is not indigenous to Lake Titicaca but was introduced about 100 years ago, to improve the proteineintake ofthelocal people.

Next day, we finally crossed the border into Bolivia to visit the Bolivian side of Lago Titicaca. Copacabana, Isla del Sol and Isla de la Luna: ajajaj, caramba!

Well, there is beautiful and there is beautiful, but this was absolutely beautiful :)

Copacabana lies in a beautiful natural bay, overlooking Tititcaca, with sand beaches. We took a boat to Isla del Sol and stayed 1 night at the island. We got up early to walk over the island from south to north, and were treated with a beautiful sunrise and outside breakfast with gorgeous views of Lago Titicaca, Isla de la Luna, and the Cordillera. Man, the life of a traveller is soooooooo hard :) Walking over the rim of the island: the viewss, the light, the earth, the landscape, the heights: this is something you can not explain, you have to experience it to know what we are talking about!

At the northern end of the island, we visited the Titi Khar´ka (rock of the puma). This is how Titicaca got its name. According to the Inca legends, their Sungod was born here. We also saw the footstepsof the sunjust after birth. At the northtip, we took a boat to Isla de la Luna. Well, if you thought Isla del Sol was nice, meet Isla de la Luna. Even more tranquil and an impressive Inca temple.

We really would have liked to stay longer here, but we want to see La Paz. La Paz here we come!