"Centre of the World - Isla del Sol" Annamund's photos around Isla Del Sol, Bolivia (travel pics)
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Preview of Annamund's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Isla Del Sol, Bolivia Entry Title: "Centre of the World - Isla del Sol" Entry: "The drive between La Paz and Copacabana (on Lake Titicaca) is stunning. First, you climb out of La Paz, a road that doubles back along the valley side giving a view of thousands of tiny adobe houses clinging to the slopes. Then you reach the sprawl of El Alto on the altiplano (fast-expanding to accomodate the overflow from La Paz). It's a city of adobe houses, hundreds of honking collectivos, thousands of street sellers and numerous people in indigenous clothing, set against the backdrop of the snow-capped Andes. After a time, the city gives way to countryside, bright yellow for the hay that's grown to feed livestock, and to make adobe bricks and roofs for houses. The road continues to parallel the Andes passing through villages humming with celebrations for independence day. We're frequently stuck behind processions of locals in festive dress heading for the main plaza, accompanied by brass bands. I can't believe how blue Lake Titicaca is as it appears through the bus window on the left. The contrast of the yellow-brown land, blue water, and sky, makes it look as if they've been outlined and coloured in. At one town the bus comes to a stop, and we're asked to get out and buy a ferry ticket. We watch in <b>...</b>
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