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May 9, 2010. Lake Titicaca - Huatajata - Part I: Family Heritage "Esteban ...

There are tangible and intangible assets ... as there are people who themselves are a living heritage ... Overwhelmed by work, urgently needed an escape and therapy, fresh air and why not? Interact with a real teacher, teacher, institution and heritage of Bolivia, Latin America and the world ... Sunday, May 9 at 07:00 I looked out our window and saw the beautiful La Paz ...

and climate, while low temperature (10 0C) looked good, the winds and the gods were favorable to us, so part Denise, Melissa and I in our trusty '90 Toyota Corolla Lake Titicaca, the Sacred Lake. With the wind in its sails arrived at the town of Huatajata, where we met the family of Don Esteban Paulino "Master" undertaken the task of construction of a huge raft of reeds ... Who is Don Paulino Esteban? Well, first of all a master of the last dynasty of builders and final aymara Andean custodian of the secrets of the big boats of reeds, with an extensive curriculum between what we have built out the rafts that made history: Kon Tiki, RA II, Tigris, for researchers Dr. Thor Heyerdahl, URU for Dr. Kitín Chimok Muñoz and Dr. Pedro Neira ... Now the whole family was committed to the task once again to build a new large pond, who knows how to plow new ground, where seas and winds ...

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Upon arrival a wooden sign informed about what we would see ...

Immediately after a large reed boat, a relic of the past in this materialized before us ...

Deny and Melissa in front of the boat where the family worked hard Esteban ...

A Dan left the teacher Paulino Esteban, reviewing construction ...

On the opposite side another worker hand carving guide the rudder of the boat ...

Behind the boat, tourists lucky enough to see the construction process come to one of the daughters of Don Esteban policies to buy replicas of the ship and other historical miniature ... the background the spectacular view of Lake Titicaca and the same housing Dn

Paulino Esteban ...

The stalls selling handicrafts and replicas of ships that made history ...

Embarcadero overlooking the lake owned by Don Paulino Esteban ...

Dn On the pier Paulino Esteban, two boats Two eras, two antitheses ...

reed Housing the shores of Lake Titicaca (Lujo!!) of Don Esteban Paulino ...

Deny and Melissa

admiring the complex and the work it is ...

Paulino's wife Dn Esteban showing some of the local crafts of the family ...

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Ms Pauline showing the art of highland yellow peppers macerated in the preparation of the "llajua" (Hot sauce that accompanies almost every meal altiplano) ...

In a corner the "Eden" Don Paulino could take a shot of "geese" of their own ...

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warm interior of the Museum of Pauline Dan, as no could it be otherwise is completely built of reeds ... In it there are signs of local Telerin reed and crafts including replicas of the boats built by Don Paulino ...

Faces Teacher!, with the scars of time and wisdom! The faces of the experience ...

The faces of the proud team of Don Esteban Paulino ...

With batteries recharged, then visit the Open Classroom Dn Paulino Esteban and the satisfaction of having visited again the last custodian of the operation and construction of large reed boats of the world, continue to travel ... Thanks Paul!

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May 9, 2010. Lake Titicaca - Huatajata - Part II: The sacred lake??

After visiting the project Dn Esteban Paulino Melissa decided to take one of the prettiest beaches once Huatajata ... When we arrived, we received a beautiful Andean carpenter who posed for the camera literally ...

After admiring this extraordinary bird (Now Reptile), we went to the beach, something that came forward to play Melisa on the shore. However, and about 20 m from it and begin to see a show by other disgusting ... Garbage, garbage and more crap ...

local shore and pier fishermen Huatajata, garbage of all kinds are is watered everywhere and mostly local visitors left by weekend ... Unfortunately it is true that nobody cares what you do not love ... It complies with the selfishness of "I saw it, I enjoyed others to take charge of the waste leaving "... I have personally seen how families make their barbecue on the shore of the lake and then leave behind all their trash so as I said" someone take care, I do not share. " The literacy education of these visitors is tangible in fact, if you really consider visiting Lake Titicaca as their own, as their heritage would never do what they do ...

line debris left by waves the lake. The Titicaca lake as a sacred living thing on earth spits, management of human waste polluters who tried to throw into the lake. Defense mechanism.

waste line extending along all the edges with a width of about one meter ... This waste is spewed by the sacred lake not only give this part of the lake, but the coasts of the islands in front you see in the picture ... Lumix FZ 50.

trash line as far as the eye can see ... Sorry expression of illiteracy heritage of many Bolivians ... Lumix FZ 50.

This issue of Andean Tero (Vanellus resplendens) is like other species remaining in the garbage and pollution of the lake at least for me and my family is sacred!. Lumix FZ 50

with trash everywhere yet we can still admire the natural expressions of this beautiful butterfly sipping, not lose hope ... Lumix FZ 50

garbage on the line but away from visiting the area found a graveyard of mollusks that time to show the extraordinary diversity of this group of animals in the lake, also shows the mass mortality of the same for polluting the lake ... and painful ... Sorry Lumix FZ 50

As if that were not enough pollution waste, genetic contamination is also introduced species as seen in this photo where the foot of the majestic Illimani observed breeding rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mikiss) that community members raised the detriment of native species, also edible and unique in the world (endemic) ... Lumix FZ 50

At the foot of the mighty Illimani, a passenger ship that carries tourists across the lake, ride on the pollution that inevitably come left by those who should be guardians of the sacred lake ... Lumix FZ 50

With Denise and Melissa decided to lake and embarked about Don Pancho, a local fisherman ispis (Orestias ispi), to the trout farm near ... Lumix FZ 50

There, Andrew, local community member in charge of the farm, took about five trout (2 kg) charged at a rate of 20 Bs the Kg (Approx U.S. $ 3). Lumix FZ 50

Don Pancho looking at the process ... Lumix FZ 50

Andrés weighing trout in the boat of Don Pancho ...

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Don Pancho examining the trout just taken ... Lumix FZ 50

A very healthy specimen of Oncorhynchus mikiss fresh from the farm ...

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conversation with Don Pancho told us that his ispis (Orestias ispi) are sold in the marking of El Alto to 5 Bs the Kg and increasingly sold less because people prefer trout, particularly those in upper middle class. For them, more than a matter of taste is a matter of culinary status ...

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Don Pancho is another Bolivian " heritage" one of the last fishermen ispis the lake, one of several generations who have inherited the office ... What a great honor to have known! Thanks Dan. Pancho!

Don Pancho has to get up early and go to the islands opposite to fish ispis while raising trout hatchery has its waterfront. The ispis as many native species are suffering from the impact of trout prey on them ... Obviously, those who provide state trout fry PUBLICLY no trout in the lake and therefore, this impact is a fallacy ... It will be ?????

The question I ask myself is: If more than half of the trout taken were full of eggs, how to guarantee farmers that they do not go to the lake?. Hatcheries net bags are simple, whose holes are about fifty times larger than trout eggs. The truth is that photographic evidence is impossible to continue claiming that lake trout do not go ... Another story ... with that action, not words ... Mr! Lies have short legs!

Well, although the trout are not to blame for polluting the lake and preying on native species, so sorry for her ... Trout egg! This is how I like to see (and taste) to the trout! Lumix FZ 50

Melisa end of the day ... At the back, pollution ... How I wish my beautiful daughter would enjoy this beautiful landscape, without being above it taking care that playing with the sand does not cut it with a glass, or is a nasty surprise ...

The sacred lake was the cradle of Andean civilization, Pukina speaking peoples, Aymara and Quechua were sheltered by the sacred lake and revered him for it ... here Manco Kapac and Ocllo, the Inca empire builders ... all these people to Over thousands of years the lake considered sacred and respected him for that condition ... All these people gave us this wonderful heritage, to respect it as they did ... he who loves wealth, it preserves, cherishes, respects ... that cares and loves the heritage is by definition a patriot ... Where are the patriots ???...

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April 24, 2010. Macusani, Peru, a trip to the World Capital Alpaca ...

Between 24 and April 27 we left by road from La Paz (State Bolivia) to the town of Macusani, in the Dept of Puno in the neighboring Republic of Peru, together with my host and responsible for inviting Mr. Néstor Chambi Vellido. The road from La Paz, is entirely paved. Desaguadero crossing the border with Peru, stopped at a small place that specializes in marine delicacies (in full highland and 3800 m). There we were compelled to purge our sorrows and sins with a crackling mixed seafood really had everything and really delicious (See photo and corpus delicti), the price? 20 soles (about 50 Bs and 25 Argentine pesos) and we had four people !!!!.

At approximately 14 pm continued our journey and we were short of time as we did very few stops to the city of Juliaca, but not before taking a few photos of the incredibly beautiful sacred lake Titicaca ... and unfortunately many of its farms thousands of trout (Oncorhynchus mikiss ), a species that is doing the local ecological sins ( Orestias spp, Telmatobius culeus , etc.).

arrived in Juliaca approximately 18 hours, we stayed at Hotel Royal Inn (highly recommended, about 120 soles a dining room and excellent). The morning of day 25 restart the journey from Juliaca to Macusani, left early (06:00 pm) and again in a hurry and that we should be at 09:00 pm at Macusani, so the routes can still go to 120 km / h safely , which allows you to make some stops forced to take pictures. In this stretch we admire a beautiful chullpa (Inca burial) on the banks of the route and

reaching the village of San Antón, hillsides and lagoons around at 4500 meters a special copies of the largest bromeliad (up to 12 m in height and 100 years) of the World, Puya raimondii , beautiful (see photo).

really the way to Macusani is extremely distracting and make it for tourism, the 200 km between Juliaca and Macusani would have to make one or two days by the many archaeological attractions, historical and natural siblings Peruvians have ... We only did a couple of stops before arriving at Macusani, toilet and photograph herds of alpacas. In Macusani Alpacas could see more boards I've seen in my life which I thought wonderful, because unfortunately the Andean highlands have more and more cows and sheep that have won it deserves, the camel ...

Finally, we arrived at Macusani time to time for breakfast and lunch and of course take some pictures of the local cathedral and the "local sparrows ( Sicalis lutea) that flood local housing and of course, the embellish too ...

At approximately 14 hours began my talk versed in curriculum design and teaching profile in the context of the Workshop for Directors Advisory Level Pädagoge Initial Elementary and Secondary Education, it had to take 4 hours but lasted almost 5, but the public faithfully accompanied at all times. It was an amazing experience, and even more pleased to see how it is promoted in the neighboring country the production model, and the rescue of identity and belonging, something that after the mayor at the time of surrender homenjaernos and official pins and a beautiful Alpaquita Macusani bronze showed us the literary production of their teachers. Congratulations, ladies and gentlemen!

then would with great pleasure and satisfaction rescue other expressions of identity and belonging, an example to follow here in Bolivia. Among Meeting with authorities also paid tribute to his prodigal son, Mr. Néstor Chambi, it was night and we had to sacrifice with a dinner consisting of trout (Whole) with fries, salad and rice ... jejejej revenge for what causes trout in Lake Titicaca ecosystem ... The next morning, we returned early (07:00) to Juliaca and with the clock running because I had to return to La Paz on 28. Output of the imposing hill we parted with his 5780 m Allincápac

On the road, we encountered an Andean woodpecker (Colaptes rupicola ) hit a pity ... I got to photograph the wall and ground out another route, maybe your partner and without, unfortunately, fear my presence posed for about 20 pictures, amazing! My birthday ...

alpacas continue to see and photograph, and close to San Anton, photograph a classic village church painted yellow.

I often wonder why so many churches photograph, if I'm not a believer? Well, just because the churches, besides being beautiful buildings are the fingerprint of each populated and / or region ... So we come to own village of St. Anton has a really impressive 16-century church and on the slopes of the mountains that shelter it could do with much, much, much welcome a beautiful mixed forest of kiswara ( Buddleja sp) and flutes ( Polylepis sp) ancient and enormous size really ...

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below, we find other formations Puya raimondii (What happiness !!!). Also a cactus photographer very fine white hairs ( Some kind soul that identifies, for please) ...

already near Juliaca, we could see from the car to a flame have between cattle through!.

Juliaca Reaching his entrance was a square playground and curiously started from a Chullpa slide! Congratulations inicitiva, what better for the rescue of identity and belonging!.

lunch in Juliaca, we celebrated my birthday and at the initiative of Mr. Nestor Chambi we felt the need for punishment with a crackling again mixed seafood in a nice site called "The Cebichón"! Thanks Nestor!. After photographing the beautiful church and a reminder of a Latin American endemic, lack of work and self-esteem ...

After that, we return to La Paz ... On the way we photograph the posters that make a revaluation of the cultural heritage of Peru (Chullpas) ... How I would like to see happen in Bolivia ...

farewell photo, a sunset full moon on Lake Titicaca and people picking up the quinoa ... This, the first trip that included in the blog,

was a trip, although hand-held camera, which left me a taste to want more, which inevitably will lead to new experience, but more time for the beautiful Bolivian altiplano Peruano ... I deeply appreciate the kindness, hospitality and not the endurance to my traveling companion, Mr. Néstor Chambi, my host in Mr. Percy Málaga Macusani Huaman, Prof. Justo Zuluaga, all friends, fellow teachers and all those who are the reason for being and existence of our profession, students ... Thanks ...

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