Isla Del Sol

The Isla Del Sol is an island 20km or so north of Copacabana which is said to be the birthplace of the Inca nation, where the original child of the Sun was born.

Taking the Titikaka ferry right up the North East corner and a village called Challapampa we arrived ready to see the sights and walk the island for a couple of days. The first sights we came across are the Sacred rock and alter stone which to be honest are not that grand. According to the books the stone should look like a Puma and there are the footsteps of the sun in the stone but to our eyes the rock looked much like any other. However, just round the corner is the Labyrinth - Chinkana. A far more impressive set of ruins where it is truely possible to get lost as the chambers all seem to interconnect in a random manner with lots of dead ends.

We then walked back over the island using the Inca trails, these took us right up over the ridge and back to Yumani. There were folks selling tickets to access the island on the route but I'm glad to say the tickets we had been forced to buy yesterday were still good. The views were absolutely stunning but those we had had yesterday were better. Having stopped off at a few ruins on the way we decided that we had seen most that the island actually has to offer in one day so elected to jump on the ferry back to Copacabana.

Puno, in Peru, tomorrow and the fun of seeing the floating reed islands.

Pictures may be possible in Peru or Chile, fingers crossed.