Who would put up a lodge there? And there was also a little shop marked on the map – which also turned out to be true. I had actually seen it on one of the on-line maps – but did not dare to trust the information. I met several groups going the opposite direction of me and about 15 minutes before the actual Inca ruins is little hostal/restaurant/camping site. Reality of the Llactapata experience… not a solo experience □ Apparently the trail I was hiking up the mountain on, was one of the old Inca trails that tours guide tourists down (towards Agues Calientes 2) at the end of a 4 day trek. So I packed my camping gear and trudged up the hill in hope of a great solo experience – and perhaps a great sunrise picture over Machu Picchu □ Reality… The uptake is slow, however, and there was not much information on the net about Llactapata. It has yet to be fully adopted by the Peruvian government as an important Inca site, but people are working on it. Llactapata is (yet) another site with Inca ruins and is located up another mountain ridge about 5km west of Machu Picchu. In an attempt to avoid the big tourist crowds, I had searched a bit on the internet to find alternatives for Machu Picchu – and up pops Llactapata. Machu Picchu… Before we actually go to the Machu Picchu section, we will take a small de-tour to Llactapata. The floating island of Uros Titino – made of rush. I have been talking about driving along exposed roads before, but this, I think, is a worthy contender for the exposed-road prize: At the bottom you turn a 90 degree corner, and drive along the edge of a cliff. I had sought out a hostel run by Felix Turpo with good recommendations, but first challenge was to get there, though… Felix’s hostal is located 100m away from the main (dirt/gravel) road – 100m down a steep hill side with only a pedestrian’s pathway to drive on. Not many tourists come there (yet) and so the landscape you drive through feels really authentic. The community out there 1 is real rural Peruvian culture. Something with forests and flowery bushes – a bit junglely – down to the shore of the lake, while instead it was this stony mountain landscape with yellow-brownish grass all over – not many green green colours to see :-/ But ok – it is also in 3850m height and it is winter down here.Īnyway… it was a great experience none the less. I think I had envisioned a much lush green environment than it actually was. Lake Titicaca… what to say…? On one hand great to finally be at the famous lake – on the other hand… it is just another lake. Lake Titicaca and Machu Picchu had been one of the few must-do things I had on my todo list when leaving Denmark – and now, here in July, I got to visit both □ Lake Titicaca
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