We spent this morning driving the shores of Lake Titicaca on our way to Puno in Peru, a small town on the shores of the lake and our gateway to our home stay. To get to Puno we drove to Estrecho de Tiquina and caught a small ferry across the passage, our bus came across on a separate ferry. From here we drove to Copacabana where we enjoyed fresh Trout for lunch (soup + a whole Trout, rice and salad for $6 AUD!!) and then changed to a Peruvian bus to come across the border.
Lake Titicaca was the most sacred body of water in the Inca Empire, as according to legend, it gave birth to the Incan Civilisation. Being 176km long and 50km wide and sitting at 3810m altitude, it is the highest navigable lake in the world and forms the border between Peru and Bolivia.
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