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Catching your Breath on Isla del Sol {Guest Post}

Hello lovelies! I’m on a blog hiatus right now – not purposefully but because I am currently on the move! Remember how I used to be an expat in Scotland – well I’m moving back and while I’m prepping, moving and settling, I have some amazing bloggers taking over for me! I’m so lucky that these lovely ladies actually wanted to write up a little something and share their travel/expat experiences on my blog. Each and everyone of them is amazing, so please feel free to explore their own blogs after seeing them up here! 

Today we have the lovely Marcella taking over – it’s her second time guest posting for TTIACF and I couldn’t be happier that she was in for a second round! Her photos are absolutely breathtaking and I love all her posts about South America, they remind me so much of home! 


My name is Marcella and my travel and photography blog is called WhatAWonderfulWorld. I’m excited to be writing my second blog post for Camila’s wonderful blog today. Thanks for having me on board again!

You know that feeling when you climb up a lot of stairs, like a lot, and you’re out of breath but that’s ok because it was a lot of stairs… well, when you climb up three steps and you are just as out of breath then it’s a weird feeling. That’s what happens when you visit Isla del Sol (Island of Sun) in Bolivia as it stands at an altitude of 3,000m.

Isla del Sol is a rocky, hilly island in Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. It is given it’s beautiful name as Incas believed that the sun god was born there. It can be reached by an hour long boat trip from Copacabana (in Bolivia not the famous Brazilian beach) which is around a 4hr bus ride from the Bolivian Capital of La Paz. The island is sparsely populated and the main income is farming, which is evident when you reach the island, and tourism is also now a source of income for the island.

We took a small boat from Copacabana to Challapampa on the island. That was when we saw the steps and underestimated how tiring they would be to climb. We watched as the owner of the guest house we were staying in ran up the many tiny steps up the hill while we had to stop midway to catch our breath back. We left our bags at a hostel in Copacabana as the steps are too much to take with a huge travelling backpack.DSCF3766DSCF3767We checked into the guest house and had a little sit down to recover from the altitude. Then we took a wander around and saw the sun set over the beautiful island. It was one of those sunsets where it feels like somebody just flicked a switch to turn the light off and with not very many lights around it really was dark. Isn’t it something special to see real dark? I feel like we don’t have many moments in life where it is well and truly dark, especially when living in a city. We ate dinner at the guesthouse and headed to bed. It gets very chilly at night due to the altitude so we wrapped up warm.DSCF3774 DSCF3779 DSCF3783 DSCF3784 DSCF3785 DSCF3788DSCF3776The next morning we woke up and walked to the other side of the island (Yumani) and took in all the gorgeous views around us. The sun was streaming over the bold blue lake; the air was fresh and crisp and there was a scattering of pure white clouds. Farmers worked on terraced terrain while sheep peacefully grazed. The views from the island were stunning. We timed our walk so that we reached Yumani in time for the boat back to Copacabana.DSCF3807 DSCF3814 DSCF3823 DSCF3842 DSCF3844

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