From the Shores of Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca -- Bolivia´s gem of a lake, a horizon of clear blue some 13,000 feet high in the Andes. Why does a landlocked nation have a navy? This is it.

I am here with my family on a break for the holidays. The miracle of this place is a reminder that Bolivia is far more than the political struggles that occupy so much of my writing about this land. This country that provokes for most people thoughts mainly of llamas and women in bowler hats is a place of amazing geographic beauty and extraordinary culture.

Tommorrow we will hike the Island of the Sun, terraced with farms that go back before Columbus, the place where the Incas believe the Sun God was born.

I hope that all our readers are having a similar break at this moment before the new year.

Saludos de Lago Titicaca.