+ We took one day to visit the archeological site of the Tiwanaku civilitation. The Tiwanaku people lived in a very limited region of Bolivia, Peru and Chile, mainly around the Lake Titikaka region, much early and during a much longer period than the Inca Empire, before the Incas. However, their language (Aymara) is still spoken today in parts of Bolivia; in others they speak Quechua, the Inca language. As a matter of fact, it is the civilization which provided most traditions to the Inca, as for instance, the workship to the Sun.
+ The archeological site is located in the Altiplano (a vast, dry, flat land at around 4000m which looks a bit desertic and it is mostly used to farm cattle: cows, llamas, donkeys and alpacas). There are also few rare wild animal species living here like the vicuñas and the viscachas (the latter is some sort of weird rabbits). Besides that and the farmers with their animals there is nothing else around, nothing.
+ In contrast to the yellowish desertic landscape, in the background we could see the snowcapped mountains of "Cordillera Real" from the Andes of around 6000m high. The light in this region is amazing and the sky is really blue (like in summer in Brussels ...eh eh ehhemm...)
+ Who wants to stay in this hotel in the middle of nowhere...?
+ The most important elements of the archeological site are: a huge totem which represents a clerk giving offers to the Sun God; and La Puerta del Sol (the door of the Sun) which marks the solstice of the summer (in a way like Stonehenge but much more sofisticated and plenty of carvings). This door also contains a Moon calendar with the 12 months and the 4 seasons.
Totem "EL FRAILE": defititively the most awesome name & dude :)
Puerta del Sol (Door of the Sun)
+ The landscape around the ruins was gorgeous too!
+ As some people suggest: they had contacts with aliens... here is the proof. :)
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