Friday, July 11, 2008

Lake Titicaca. From this lake the first Incan King and Queen emerged and formed the Incan Empire, according to legend anyway. It is the highest lake in the world. In the middle of the lake the Aymara Indians have built artificial islands. By doing so they were able to avoid conquest by the Incas. The Uros, speak Aymara, some still dont speak Spanish. One lady, who was trying to sell me some handicraft scratched the price on to her hand because she didnt know how to tell me how much it cost in Spanish. Very interesting place.

1 comment:

Pete Christiansen said...

I don't know what's more cool..the artificial islands or that awesome haircut you got.