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LA PANAMERICANA » Day 24

El Titicaca

Arequipa - Peru » Alt. 2400m
Terminada a singular La Paz, apanhamos um taxi ate Copacabana, nas margens do lago Titicaca - o lago navegavel mais alto do mundo, a 3800m. (a America do Sul esta cheia de superlativos...) Pelo caminho ainda tivemos uma travessia de ferry muito curiosa, com um tipo equipado com balde a tirar a agua que ameacava afundar o barco que transportava o taxi.
No Titicaca vivemos umas merecidas mini-ferias. Hotel a beira lago e uma paisagem deslumbrante. Para quem ja ouviu falar do Titicaca, posso garantir que a lenda eh real. Eh maravilhoso e o por-do-sol, sobre o horizonte peruano, algo de floydeanamente inesquecivel.
O dia seguinte foi inteiramente passado na Isla del Sol, um local central na cultura Aimara. Atravessamos a ilha a pe, o que debaixo daquele sol escaldante me fez perguntar "porque raio me meto nestes apertos"?! A paisagem mais uma vez sublime, com um fundo composto por picos nevados, cerros palidos e o imenso lago azul.
Na fronteira o vaticinio cumpria-se. Saira da Bolivia vivo (embora com uma ligeira crise de estomago e uns arranhoes), e o balanco era arrebatador. A Bolivia eh um pais fascinante que merece ser visitado e apreciado. A entrada no Peru trouxe mais um aviso: desta vez nao eram os ladroes nos autocarros, mas sim as notas falsas.
Arequipa foi a primeira cidade Peruana que nos acolheu. Eh muito bonita, sobretudo pelo dramatico cenario dos seus 3 vulcoes. Tivemos a oportunidade de passear e mais uma vez apreciar a gastronomia local. Fica a memoria do "Cui" - Hamster assado no espeto. Hilariante.
Por essa altura o meu corpo dava sinais de fadiga. O frio intenso das noites e o sol abrasador das tardes traria dores de garganta, cansaco e sinais de constipacao; enfim, foi nas piores condicoes que me propus enfrentar o exigente desafio que se seguia...
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Arequipa - Peru » Alt. 2400m
After the unique La Paz, we catched a taxi to Copacabana, at Lake Titicaca's margins - the highest sailable lake in the world, at 3800m. (South America is full of these superlatives...) On the way there, we had a very curious ferry cross, with a guy taking the water that threatened to sink our taxi's boat with a bucket.
At the Titicaca we had some well deserved mini vacations. A lake front Hotel and a kick-ass scenery. For whoever has heard of this lake, I can assure you the legend is real. It's absolutely wonderful, and the sunset, over Peruvian horizon, is something floydeanly unforgettable.
The next days were spent at the Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun), a central spot on the Aimara culture. We crossed the island by foot, under an atomic sun, which again made me wonder "why do I do this to myself"?! The scenery was again sublime, with a background composed by snow capped peaks, creamy mountains and the deep blue lake.
At the border the prediction became real. I was leaving Bolivia alive (although with the slightest case of the runs and some scratches), and the balance was tremendous. Bolivia is a fascinating country that should be visited and appreciated. Entrance to Peru brought a new warning: this time it wasn't the thieves on buses, but false notes.
Arequipa was the first Peruvian city to take us. It's very elegant, specially due to it's dramatic background, dominated by it's 3 vulcanoes. We had the chance to walk around and again enjoy the local gastronomy. "Cui" will remain as the dominating memory - roasted Hamster. Hilarious.
By then my body started to show signs of strain. The intense cold of the nights and the burning sun of the afternoons eventually brought sore throat, body aches and signs of the flu; altogether the worse timing possible to take on the demanding challenge I next set to myself...




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