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SUN’S ISLAND AND
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Tiquina Channel - Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 2002 The Tiquina channel allows the entrance to the Titicaca lake at the Bolivian side. To cross it by Ferry is cheaper than a dollar.
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Blue Bay - Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 2001 This little bay lays south at the Island of the Sun, creation place in the Inka Mythology.
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Contemplation – Alvaro H. Pescador R.– 2001. This image, taken during sunset show a diagonal panoramic toward the Island of the Moon, from the Island of the Sun.
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Beside the shore – Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 2001 There is sand at the border of the Lake, as it we were dealing with the sea. The water color changes due to the presence of algae.
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Island of the Moon and Andinean Chain – Alvaro H. Pescador R. –2001
At 3.800 m over the sea, the Titicaca lake is biggest tropical lake of the World, with 8.500 Km2 of surface, shared by Peru and Bolivia. Beyond the Island of the Moon, we can see a portion of The Andes Chain, longest of the Word.
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The Calvary Mountain, Cope Cabana – Alvaro H. Pescador R. –2002. Copacabana is the spiritual capital of Bolivia. The Aymara tradition has been melted with the Catholic Religion. On this mountain, called The Calvary there is a path with the seven stages that Jesus Christ made up before his crucifixion.
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Waves – Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 2001. Each boat leave its prints over the water. The navigation through the lake can be appreciated in peace.
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Temple of the Sun – Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 2001. This is one out of three windows of the Sun’s Temple at the Chincana ruins, in the Island of the Sun. The Inkas based their culture upon the number 3.
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Sailor Fisherman – Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 2001. This Fisher carryout tourists between Cope Cabana and the Sun’s Island. His work is simple and kool. Talks clamely while enjoys what he does. He has as a partner one of the world’s most beautiful landscapes. He made me think about the sailor described by Herman Hesse in his book, Siddartha.
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Inka Path – Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 2001. There are beautiful contrast between shadows and light along the way. Was so hard the way?… It wasn’t also wonderful?, could you find another way easier and more beautiful? – Herman Hesse.
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In the Water Planet book you can read the Inca’s and Aymara’s Myths of the creation, to observe the traditional navigation on Totora’s ships and to discover the cultural syncretism which lays in the Titicaca lake, literaty a Jaguar Stone.
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Immensity – Alvaro H. Pescador R. –2002. The Titicaca Lake is 450 kilometers long, fifty in average wide and 280 meters at its deepest place.
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Shining - Alvaro H. Pescador R. – 2002 The impressionist painters were more interested by light reflections than by capturing the reality as such. There is a Marcel Duchamp’s paint, impressionist initiator, based upon water ship’s reflections.
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