Photo taken at Isla Flotante Uros Kontiki

Photo taken at Isla Flotante Uros Kontiki
I’m now continuing to Bolivia. It was such an experience to spend some days (and nights) on the floating islands.
They truly are a marvel of simple, ancestral engineering. Uros weave totora roots together to form a sturdy 2 meters thick base layer and then cover the whole thing with more of the plant. To hold them in place, the islands are anchored to the lake bed using long pointy sticks and long ropes.
A well kept island can last up to 30 years, sometimes 40. However the strong presence of tourist means more maintenance work

Photo taken at: Isla Flotante Uros Kontiki