Saturday, April 25, 2009

How Muck Does A Floating Car Cost

Tour Titicaca - Floating Islands Reserve Indians Uros - Taquile Island. Peru

By early morning, I went along to a group of tourists to the Lake. There we waited and li stas boats, to get into the lake. This time would be two different communities to which he had opportunity to meet the Bolivian side.
most guides speak more than one language fluently, groups of people were separated according to language that would give the explanation and departed.
Little by little we got deeper into the lake, we drove to an area with plenty of reeds, until the appearance of the first islands. Each housed about a dozen families, with their homes. They had poultry and life differed little from that which could pass on land. Was no school, hospital, church, market and even a place for social activities and sports. Electricity had po r using solar energy, radio and TV. Only instead of streets we sailed along the canals where people went from one villager to another side in their barges. Both
islands, such as boats and houses were built in Totoro - which also served as their food-(of course I tried to know its flavor), but also ate very tasty baked muffins. Its main source of income was tourism and various craft items traded currency or barter system (According to your needs) Each island had a name. I had the opportunity to meet was called Santa Maria. We were welcomed with great joy, and sat on reed rolls prepared by way of sidewalks in the center to introduce the miemb ros of this community and give explanations. The costumes of the women were some beautifully embroidered, had tapestries, baskets, curtains and hand made miniatures that were sold at very competitive prices.
Children played happily as anywhere else, despite the proximity of the water. The boats had a lifespan of about two to three years, after which he went to be part of the floor the island So it was building a constant.
We took pictures, wandered in these big boats, beautiful, light and very similar design with Viking boats and continued our journey, after buying some memories and say goodbye to our hosts.
sailed d uring a long time, until they sighted the island of Taquile Indians. Beautiful, colorful vegetation and surrounded by fields. Island forming a cone protruding broad based, with its winding paths that led to the summit, which was located the main square, the church, the Cultural Center and other important buildings made of stone. Their adobe houses and stone roofs red, stood out amid the vegetation in different parts of the island.
navigation Along the way, we were informed that although this island was in Peruvian territory, customs and laws were patterned differently. Each family problems or crimes that could happen in their territory, were presented to the whole community out loud and tried by all the people a special day each week.
The Head of R sla (and family) dressed differently to the rest of the inhabitants and was the only one who can wear a hat and a red sash around the waist. The other men carried in his head a knit hat of many colors, and how it is positioned indicated their marital status or situation (single, married, committed, in search of a bride) women wear a suit whose skirt (wide and several petticoats) is embroidered in different colors, and black color woven blanket, at the ends has a colored pompom whose wool is dyed in three colors, concentric circles. How to place a blanket or place the pompoms, means something similar to what it symbolizes the cap in men, with the difference that can also express your mood. (I even used to warn the rest of the community that their husbands in yelped and so embarrassed in front of all people)
Another feature of this community is that men are weavers and get beautiful designs on the items they sell. Some traded gemstones that are available in the place at bargain prices. Women are engaged in housework and agriculture, children learn to knit or tending cattle.
The Head of Taquile, we went to welcome in the dock with his wife and two children. Then we went to the center of town, typical food lunch (quite spicy but tasty) enjoy their music and dance and started back after going through the Cultural Center, where the men had to sell their tissues. That day was amazing; the good time we had together, the people we met were very different customs, but the whole environment breathed peace and harmony.
The landscape and nature to provide full, but also its people bronzed face and sparing of words was giving a lesson of coexistence and respect for what she was giving them.
happy I went back, his eyes filled with many colors, but should continue road. Approached the most important moment. My next destination kept the root of a great civilization. Morning depart for Cusco. Montero Magui
NOTE: Photographs 1, 2, 3 and 4 Reserve Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca (Uros Indians)
Photographs 6 and 7 Indians Taquile Island on Lake Titicaca.
Photo 5 typical Indian clothes Taquile (Photo downloaded from the internet).

Friday, April 17, 2009

Response Card Template

The transition to democracy in Uruguay.

Today the Uruguayan dictatorship is not closed a chapter on respect for human rights, and generating controversy in the legal form as found, with successive semi-final legislation, already known and even repealed in other countries, but not in Uruguay. Expiration
law [1] is a law that protects nature of amnesty with forgiveness all crimes committed on or before March 1, 1895 by military and police officials for political or during actions ordered by senior commanders. Was approved with the relevant majorities in parliament and ratified in a referendum by secret ballot on April 16, 1989. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the law. [2]
Prior to this law of Expiration are the "Law of National Pacification" [3] , which decreed an amnesty for all political crimes committed common and military from l January 1962 and "An Act for the reinstatement of dismissed on grounds political, ideological, professional associations or arbitrary " [4] . Both laws by the Expiration inserted the so-called spirit of "Democracy and Reconciliation Commission, which advocates an end, as in other countries for crimes committed during the military dictatorship.
Instead, associations like Serpaj, Amnesty International, Melting Pot, Red Uruguaya Runtime, etc, have been in recent years, advocates of the repeal of that law in order to know the truth and do justice. In 2006 they released a statement signed by all of them with senators, a general and relatives of missing which led to the formation of the National Coordinator for the Law of Nullity. [5]
In that sets the stage show ethical, legal, moral and social to repeal the amnesty law. The organizers of the manifesto argues that the above law was passed under the military threat, violating human rights, and transgressing the International Law obliges the State to prosecute and investigate crimes against humanity. The amnesty law an obstacle to justice, making their declaration of invalidity is imposed for the same law office. Nothing should prevent the current democratic institutions set the right anti-juridical realities based on democratic sustenance.
The manifesto said referred to the need to face the future without any tare undemocratic because the Act represents a significant period of time lapse in collective memory not to forget, but above all, should not stop seeking justice. The show is created to move towards the creation of the National Coordinator for further Invalidation of the Limitation Act.
Unlike other neighboring countries where similar laws of pardon or end point, have been repealed or declared unconstitutional, in Uruguay there has been no such correction. Faced with protests against the law of Expiration Executive has issued several reports, basing its position in favor of the law.
The first report issued by the government is a response to the report of the Human Rights Commission [6] .
In using a series of arguments and reasons to support the reconciliatory nature of the Act for revocation of the same respect for human rights. Expiration
law is a punitive capacity expiration of the state for crimes committed during the Uruguayan dictatorship, then if you can not punish to investigate the government says writers' opinions are used to support the idea that peace is more important than justice and therefore must look ahead [7] . It is argued that the amnesty law has contributed to the development of democracy and the rule of law in Uruguay.

In all these reasons stands one, which is the foundation upon which rests the response to the report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. This refers to Article 30 of the same: "The enjoyment and exercise of the rights and freedoms may be limited or restricted by laws that are dictated by national interest." [8]
About this article states that supported the limitation of human rights based on the rights, safety and the common good of society. Therefore
government supports the legitimacy of the law expires, in which she seeks the common good general interest and the consolidation of a democratic, peaceful and stable. It stands as the law of pardon and amnesty for both institutions is recognized in the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights United Nations [9] and the Pact of San José [10] .
all comes down to the just demands of welfare in a democratic society justify the limitation of Human Rights.
This amnesty law was dictated by reasons of general interest and common good looking therefore should not be repealed.
regard to the rights of victims, both in the report issued by the State to the Convention one year later 97 [11] states that the state has no punitive capacity under the amnesty law on the facts alleged, then if you can not punish, why investigate?, acts which the law both previous covers are the same as the later, provided that the executive considers related to Article 10 of the Act, which declares amnesty.
reforms are referred both to the damage caused by a possible reopening of the case and the positive nature of the law, while looking to the future, according to statements of San José, the individual right may be limited in a democratic society by the demands of common good. As much accepted the allegations about what happened outside the criminal justice system, sometimes obtaining compensation, but no true justice.
At the recent UN report on Human Rights in Uruguay [12] highlights the formation of the National Coordinator for the nullity of the amnesty law and denounces a series of events. It criticizes the official formalization of the search of human remains in the military battalions are still unknown because the fate of 200 missing persons. Therefore, we appeal to the State to generate new avenues of research, requiring a true collaboration and commitment of the armed forces. This is the situation
Uruguay for current dictatorship, and the little justice to what happened comes from neighboring Argentina, where many Uruguayans were abducted and murdered, their tormentors if they pay for it.
The only hope is that Vázquez, the first leftist president in the history of the country, meet your words in the oath before the House, "is necessary and possible to clarify the gray areas for peace to be installed in the heart of Uruguayan. "
later clarified that all research is done within the amnesty law passed in 1985 and ratified by referendum in 1989.

Bibliography.
- Limitation Act. Law No. 15,848 of December 22, 1986.
- It recognized the constitutionality of the law in Case No. 184.
- Law 15,737 of March 8, 1985. Law of National Pacification
- Law n º 15,783 of 28 November 1985. Reinstatement of dismissed Act for political, ideological, professional associations or arbitrary "
- http://www.serpaj.org.uy/serpajph
- Report 29/92 of the Inter-American Human Rights November 18, 1991.
- Sanguinetti, Julio Maria. The fear and impatience: an essay on democratic transitions in Latin America. Fondo de Cultura Economica. 1 st Edition, Argentina, 1991.
- International Convention of Human Rights signed in Sanjuán of Costa Rica in 1969
- Executive Response to the call to investigate the fate of the disappeared during the military dictatorship. (1973-1985) Ministry of Interior and Defense. Montevideo, December 29, 1997.
- Human rights in Uruguay. Report 2006. UN.

[1] Limitation Act. Law No. 15,848 of December 22, 1986.
[2] It recognized the constitutionality of the law in Case No. 184.
[3] Law 15,737 of March 8, 1985.
[4] Law No. 15,783 of November 28, 1985.
[5] The manifesto can be found on the website of Serpaj: http://www.serpaj.org.uy/serpajph/
[6] Report 29/92 of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of November 18, 1991.
[7] Sanguinetti, Julio Maria. The fear and impatience: an essay on democratic transitions in Latin America. Fondo de Cultura Economica. 1 st Edition, Argentina, 1991.
[8] International Convention of Human Rights signed in Sanjuán of Costa Rica in 1969. Article 30.
[9] Articles 6.4 and 14.6.
[10] Article 4.6.
[11] Response Branch Executive to the claim to investigate the fate of the disappeared during the military dictatorship. (1973-1985) Ministry of Interior and Defense. Montevideo, December 29, 1997.
[12] Human Rights in Uruguay. Report 2006. UN.

Tsh Test Interpretations

TORTURE AND DICTATORSHIP IN BRAZIL

After the guard made the dictatorship in 1079, with general replacement by Joao Baptiste Feguereido Geisel as President of the Republic was relaunched redemocratization [1] .

party reform of 1980 abolished the two-party system, resulted in two new parties, the Workers and the Democratic Labor [PDT] allowing the bourgeoisie take over the new PMDB [Moderate Party Brazilian Democratic]. This party left out the most militant sections of workers and progressive clustered around the Central Unica de Trabajadores linked to the PT [Workers Party]. The official party, the Social Democratic Front was born Liberal party was benefited and gained positions at the expense of weaker and ill make the PMDB. This party was born from 86 Cruzado Plan, in its early euphoria caused by its results, but gradually decayed to be removed.

All this political process distinguishes Brazil from other countries, as the transition from dictatorship to democracy was traumatic, but the dictatorship was seen, for his bipartisanship manipulated as a democracy to Brazil. This led to not be created in Brazilian society a feeling of rejection and justice, and controlled by the amnesty laws of the military dictatorship.

dictatorship led repression, torture, death and disappeared among the guerrillas found the Araguaia Guerrilla [2] : they were members of the Communist Party of Brazil [PCdoB] that opted for armed resistance.

The group consisted of 69 fighters, of whom 59 were killed and remain "disappeared", among them André Grabois, Almeida Grimeia husband, who came to the state of Pará, at age 20. Shortly after he was kidnapped and tortured in a barracks in Brasilia, where he had his daughter Joao Carlos.

The guerrillas took two years in the area were known to social work, they were doctors, teachers, nurses, etc ... The state mobilized thousands of men who murdered the peasants, burning their homes or imprisoned. Thirty years later the locals still recall with horror the torture for information.

Since 1984, the transition to democracy, the secret deals that are sealed a pact of silence. The Commission Human Rights Special Araguaia went to find the bodies but did not find them. The then Minister of Defense Jose Veiga said that the documentation relating to the murders was destroyed "legally", while Colonel Licio Maciel Ribeiro, said the newspaper "Folha de Sao Paolo" who dug up and moved the bodies not to be venerated by farmers.

The State is not involved and Brazilian society remains unaware of what happened because there is no awareness of what happened and there is a certain complicity with the dictatorship of a portion of the population, according to Marcelo Ridenti, head of the Department of Sociology University of Campinas in Saopaolo.


The management of the Brazilian dictatorship are summary executions, crimes estates, military police and torture in prisons and practice.

achieved little in politics as an amnesty for political prisoners August 29, 1979, signed by Luis Carlos Prestes [3] .

Torture is one of the legacies of the Brazilian dictatorship remains very present [4] . Some authors like Ignatieff who defend torture as a "lesser evil" because torture is preferable to one that thousands die. Brugger Luhmann and his supporters. Doctrine Brazilian Security thought so too. To Góngora Mera torture in Brazil did not disappear, but changed their functions and purposes.

The UN Convention against torture or cruel inquisitive prohibits torture, punishing, intimidating or discriminatory. The National Security Doctrine is an imitation of the National War College "U.S.." He trained in police and military torture, emitting 242 secret detention centers linked to the military.

Torture in Brazil's dictatorship is divided into three phases: the first is a cleaning operation, were arrested between 10,000 and 50,000 people were removed parties, associations and members of the army near the left, chased the leaders and political parties were removed.

In a second stage, inquisitive practiced torture as a tool for publicizing the activities of the opposition. During the government of Geisel [1974 to 1978] was 10,000 political exiles, thousands of political prisoners, 245 university students expelled and 300 dead or missing.

In the third phase, intimidation practiced torture, to intimidate the population. The victims were leaders known as the student leader Honestito Guimaraes, the former deputy Rubens Paiva and the journalist Vladimir Herzong. Since 77 is practiced state terrorism with bombs in associates at the progressives. At this time any person could be subjected to torture.

In 1979 he passed the Amnesty Act, which applied also to torture, it was denounced as unconstitutional. The fact mentioned earlier that the people did not feel the new democratic situation as a break, and the amnesty law have contributed to the torture continues. By failing to investigate members of the police and army tortured, have remained in office, protected by law and the covenant of silence. The consequence is that democracy continued.

Although in the 1978 Constitution prohibiting torture did not create a law against it until 1997 [5] .

However, international treaties and torture persists in detention centers. There is a failure of the law regarding the prevention and punishment. From 1998 to 2000, there were 258 complaints of torture and 56 tax police investigations [6] .

The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on torture, Nigel Rodley, in 2000 reported that the Brazilian police routinely practice torture. The National Movement for Human Rights reports that 70% of torture are ciudades pequeñas y el 77% son cometidas por funcionarios. Las causas son la amnistía a los que torturaban en la dictadura, que lo siguen haciendo ahora, la falta de medios, y el que los crímenes de tortura por policías sean investigados por ella misma. La impunidad y la continuidad son las causas de la perduración de la tortura en Brasil desde la dictadura hasta hoy.


Bibliografía

- Ruy Mauro Marini. Archivo de Ruy Mauro Marini con la notación “inédito” de 1992. http://www.marini-escritos.unam.mx/038_transicion_crisis_es.htm
- Nora Di Pace. Brasil la memoria llena de olvido. Radio Nederland. http://www.rebelion.org/brasil/040402pacce.htm
- Perly Cipriano, Authoritarian Past and Democracy in Brazil. Public Policy Observatory for Human Rights in the MERCOSUR. http://www.observatoriomercosur.org.uy/libro/capitulo22.htm
- Manuel Eduardo Góngora Mera, Functional Evolution of torture in Brazil: Impunity as a determinant of their persistence in democracy, April 2, 2005, www.menschenrechte.org
- 1455 Act, the Torture Act 1997.
- Statistics on implementation of the Law of Torture. National Council of States Attorneys General. ESL-BRA http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ESLAMR190222001?open&of =


[1] Ruy Mauro Marini. Ruy Mauro file Marini with the notation "unpublished" in 1992.
[2] Nora Di Pace. Brazil full of forgotten memory. Radio Nederland.
[3] Perly Cipriano, authoritarian past and Democracy in Brazil. Public Policy Observatory for Human Rights in the MERCOSUR.
[4] Manuel Eduardo Góngora Mera, Functional Evolution of torture in Brazil: Impunity as a determinant of their persistence in democracy, April 2, 2005, www.menschenrechte.org
[5] Act 1455 , Torture Act 1997.
[6] Statistics on the implementation of the Law of Torture. National Council of Procurators States General.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Cheerleader Walkthrough Pusooy

MY ENTRY TO PERU. PUNO CAPITAL folklore.

Copacabana
I left at sunset, after changing some money to have soles when he arrived. I had explained that the trip would be bordering Lake Titicaca, but no chance of seeing the landscape, because you would during the night. And in the morning is coming to Puno. Perhaps tired ncio comfortable bus and made me fell asleep at once. He was one of the best seats, it was early morning when I opened my eyes. A huge moon lit the landscape and in the distance were observed clumps of grass, water glistening, some puddles here and there in what appeared to wetlands or streams and white patches could be supposed traces of nitrate. I went back to sleep and woke me up early morning light. We were going through a small village, the adobe houses were sharply sloping roofs, as if the bus was traveling through the main street. Here the white patches were much larger and more visible, also in the roof.
How the roof? As if! Ignorant or confused, I asked the driver if it was and laughed very hard. It is ice lady! Is very cold, is common in this area. But we are in February - said I shrugged and silently watched his grin and preferred to stay silent.
In the morning we arrived at Puno. The bus terminal was bustling with tourists, many with bags, others came and went with his backpack and a myriad of tourist agencies and individuals dedicated to providing services to both hoteliers and tour av iva voice. However, I was struck by hearing words in Quechua - that I found something familiar - they come from a place where many their words are assimilated into our daily parlance. The language we used to talk to each other (or make a joke on some unsuspecting tourists) I went to a young man who offered good quality hotel in central location at a price that seemed appropriate, at the time made a comment that referred to me. Smiling, I said casually I understood what he said, he was silent, then apologized and good English m and said he would get a rebate on the price offered important.
there we headed to the exit and a means of locomotion I met had never seen. They were something like small bodied cars, with room for two passengers and the driver, but in reality were armed on motorcycles. A comfortable means of transportation and economic development that is typically used, and after I checked-in almost all Peru.
The hotel was located a short walk from the main square and 1 block from the pedestrian street of Puno. In the afternoon I went to see the city. Festive air was breathed, there was music and people dancing in costumes sun tive, because it was carnival. The band filled the air with the rhythmic sound of their patches and brass. The entire celebration was in honor of the Virgen de La Candelaria. Again I saw that rare mix of party pagan and Christianity that had been observed in Bolivia. It was a beautiful sight. Back to the hotel late, but people were dancing and the parade of dancers was incessant, but the next day was to leave for a trip I wanted to do. Known Indian Reserve Uros Floating Islands, then known indigenous community with different customs, the Island of Taquile Indians. Montero Magui
NOTE: All photographs were captured during the carnival parade through the streets of Puno.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Blister Near Tailbone

1763/2009

One day, the Baron fell into a hole. Without thinking twice grabbed from behind, and a strong pull is released ... so does the history and complex machinery. The past becomes a "future" open and uncertain mutation that puts her more elegant design service, the more palatable or more creative interpretations. A sketch eternal.
tradition allegedly sustains us is modifiable and with it the present itself, infinite and malleable. The spirit encodes a path in time and legitimate. Pocock becomes republican history and heritage of the Atlantic thought; gives them a father and a mother, generated by its review of the events and ideas a new way, a "Story" that explains the present and transforms it to last as long as it strained to come.

is the great miracle, the divine gift that has been passed, that of transforming everything and even manipulate what has happened and it seems closed for ever. Happen again. Paine will rewrite their pamphlets with an intention, this time is different ... actions are not exhausted when they finish, but rather start there, in that magical spell that makes them the hoplite endless ... Marathon has died a thousand ways, their essentially like ours will not be resolved ever, and we like him ahead of us the strange task of origin and meaning remain inconclusive for all eternity.

On April 18, 1763, "The Boston Gazzetta and Country Journal published a letter signed under the initial TQ then opened, unknowingly, an eternal dialogue about the revolution and its antidote. The letter to which I refer disputes about the sustainability or otherwise of the election to the Council or upper house of the lieutenant governor under the charter allowed in Massachusetts. The arguments wielded Q. started from a rationalist interpretation of the doctrines of Montesquieu and Spirit of the Laws. It freedom is defined as the peace of mind that arose from the opinion of each man about his own safety, and, according Q., sustained only under a radical separation of powers is understood not only as a division of sovereignty, but as total inability for a single person to occupy multiple roles in different branches. The basis for such an interpretation rests on the assumption of an anthropological pessimism and a negative image of power understood as the original source of any corruption in the pages of Montesquieu. On this reading, Q. see, through their abstraction, an irremediable danger Split freedom in the possibility that same person, in spite of his goodness and integrity, occupy important positions both executive and legislative. But his words were something else, put into play the legitimate possibility for the individual to define what that threatened their liberty beyond history or custom, this gave the individual conscience of the final power to decide and remedy what in some other is threatened. However

someone was not determined to take all the revolutionary consequences of reading and answered that under the initial J. in "The Boston Evening Post of 23 May of that year with a letter that countered the theories of Q. under the spectrum was historicist supported the practice as absolute legitimacy. In his letter J. redefined the idea of \u200b\u200bascribing political freedom and limiting the key concept of the Law, preventing, in a period of reformulation of Montesquieu, the interpretation of it in key natural law. J. saw no danger in the choice of governor for several reasons. He was reading Montesquieu contextualizing theoretical achievements and drawing them within the spectrum of the English constitution, thanks to this, history could show how, in England, the intervention of one person in several bodies had not ever hurt freedom (a freedom limited semantically for the year that the constitution English allowed), partly because the individual had always dissolved in the general will of the body being a member, that in order to accounts and J., was all that Montesquieu wanted to separate, and in part because a minority fluctuate between them was not an issue because it corroborated the story. Q. and his abstraction, however, changed precisely the source of legitimacy J., understood the body as a composition of influential individuals, a kind of nuclear body in which each small particle in absolute wielded power and could in some way or another transform the way of others. In its reply of June 6 story set against the incongruity of thinking that the division of powers could be sustained only with the division of different majorities. If the sum of individuals of the executive in the legislature long-term implied in the argument of J. a problem, the mere presence of a single individual and twist it to Q. and reason, the system itself. What they saw British history became logical lines Q. an aberration of the principle of conservation of reason and freedom. As would later Paine Common Sense, the words of Q. contained the possibility of seeing the king's prerogatives and control necessary and legitimate, but a usurpation transformed into tyranny. Control powers was rational and Q, not historical, the work of the executive within the legislature was that of rejection and never take an active part in the Resolutions, his letters were the seeds of revolutionary consciousness, the ultimate possibility of questioning the tyrannical exercise of the king, the germ of the review, push the Baron. In Boston three letters
conjugated destinations of many, loomed the birth or termination of a nation. What will emerge from your self-talk new reader, that history lies in this space where you and I talked. That this build and what we reject in these strange seconds.

Monday, April 6, 2009

John Deere Snowmobile Salvage

La Isla del Sol - Hike the

It was 8 am when I arrived the pier. He was upset that dawned with clouds, hac ed ran cold and wind. He had bought a ticket for the whole day excursion to the Isla del Sol, but again I appealed to my "tourist mentality" to blow up the anger, and I was ready to enjoy the journey. Many people were shipped with the pack because they were going to camp for a few days and come back on another ship. Two trips out together, full of people from diverse countries. Despite the cold and wind, I chose to go on the upper deck in order to achieve better pictures. Other hikers did the same, although we had sufficient comfort to go below deck. The guide is presented as the person who was in charge of the vessel during the voyage, were games, played music, were telling of the history and characteristics of the island before s and was simultaneously excursion to Isla del Sol and the moon, but at this time were canceled trips to the latter, because they performed tasks related to archeology,-at least that's what they told us the lake was choppy and .El the waves struck, but we put jackets and the landscape was too awesome to think otherwise. After a long journey where we begin to approach their destination, we see her striking beauty. The island was about 10 km. long and almost 7 miles wide, living up to its name, the clouds began to open and a warm sun lit up the green slopes, s or most covered terraces, was built many explained that they would stop centurias.Nos a moment in the south to lower some passengers and then continue heading north. They would climb the mountain, accompanied by a guide. On our return, we would return to the south for lunch by the lake and start back. I looked there first reed boats similar to those days would be in Peru, diseño similar al de los barcos vikingos; en su proa llevaban la figura de dos dragones. Deseaba acercarme más, para observarlas en detalle y curiosear la técnica con que estaban tejidas, pero debíamos continuar el viaje, pues la caminata para trepar llevaba tiempo.Continuamos hasta la parte norte y desembarcamos . Era un caserío, los pobladores en su mayoría eran descendientes de antiguos habitantes indígenas; a poca distancia un pequeño museo con piezas encontradas en el lugar y ciertos documentos que reflejaban la historia. Antes de iniciar la subida, pasamos por una playa donde estaban instaladas carpas con acampantes, casi todos jóvenes, el lugar era bonito y se respiraba tranquilidad. Más allá elevations began and started the climb. As he climbed, on roads built for a very neat and ancient cobblestones, I saw many small islands surrounding the island was surprising similarity with figures of animals that had some. The guide told us that according to ancient beliefs, the Sun God was born from a stone that was at the top, where e inding the ceremonial altar and ruins that we would visit, the islets were the epitome animals that were part of creation, and remembering the birth of life here. We passed an Indian village, and continue the climb, the landscape was more beautiful to behold as we gained altitude, until we finally reached the summit. In the center stood a ceremonial altar, surrounded by 12 cubic stones, placed in a circular fashion around it. On one side a large stone with a hollow, where they produced the emergence of Inti. Then followed the ruins of different rooms for ceremonies and gathering of the priests. The site impacted by the mix of smells c which highlighted the deep blue waters of putting a wonderful setting to this temple located in the upper back Sol.Debíamos Island, and there we were given the option to down the same path on the climb, or take another by the height, reaching the South, where we would collect. There were few who dared to go over the top. We had only two hours to several miles a rugged and unknown. The rest preferred to return to guide the boat to the pier south, where we would lunch. We went down the second time in the South and we sat at a nearby inn, eat fresh fish prepared in different ways. While waiting the return of those who came by way of the summit, took the opportunity to take photographs and admire the landscape. The sun pounded down this time, but freshness of the shade and the breeze coming from Titicaca, allowed us to enjoy the flowers and vegetation on the slope, which saw up to groups of backpackers en route to an area for camping, which was at the top. Once reunited with our fellow hikers who were walking, we started back, making another stop on the ruins we had seen in the distance, when we sailed that morning. The sun was getting low and again the wind and cold prevailed. Below deck, take coca tea to alleviate the low temperature and comfort us. We arrived at the pier at about 18.30 the trip had been wonderful. Free moments he had shared with travelers from different parts the world. fraternizes we consulted on trips to make and exchange ideas. Many returning from Peru, others would take that course. We wanted to talk and decided to go to a beautiful location a short distance from where we landed. We take hot chocolate and sweet rolls as to extend within us the memory of shared moments. In the evening we parted wishing us a good trip. Each was on the table were 7 people, continued his route. The next morning, cross the border, let come to Bolivia and Peru. My first destination was Puno, the folkloric capital of that country. It started another stage.
Montero Magui
Note: Photo1-Anchorage southern Island of the Sun Photo 2 - 3 landscape north - north
4 - Isla del Sol Road north to the summit. Isla del Sol 5-way to the ruins 6 - stone walls and landscape the north Island of the Sun 7-reed boat typical southern part of Isla del Sol. 8 - in the southern Indian ruins