RAINYSEASON on Lake Titicaca

RAINYSEASON IS COMMING NEXT IN THE ANDEAN WORLD

In October it has rained a little, folks were so glad to see the first precipitations, but it just for some days in the mid of month.Now it´s November all families are planting potatoes, quinoa, barley, maize and so through the Andes with the hope this year 2017 the rains will be better than last time.
Here in Puno region more that 60% of people are farmers. At 12500 feet high surrounding the Sacred Lake Titicaca we grow not just Andean tubers and quinoa but many vegetables as carrots, lettuce and cauliflower in the basins of the lake.

There is a microclimate that maintains the cultivations humid. The tempters fluctuate between 40 and 65 Fahrenheit in summer time from November till April.
Thousands of families in the Andean communities from Colombia, Ecuador, and here in Peru are farmers also.
Many Aymara communities in the southern Andes including Bolivia, some areas of Chile and Argentina depend on agriculture.
We just depend in the forces of the nature -Pachamama- from Ancients times. Much of products are organic.

 Small communities being self-sufficient based on agriculture even when the global climate change´s beating millions of peasants not much in the Andean zone but several areas of the world.

LOVING PUNO

LOVING PUNO`S DAY: 

NOVEMBER 4TH

     

    “Puno la Capital folklórica de America” is turning one anniversary more tomorrow. Located at 12 560 ft. or 3830 masl in beside Lake Titicaca.

Seeing back in time the bay of Puno nearby the Sacred Lake of the Incas was inhabited 2 millenniums B.C. Thus our ancestors, Caluyo people, Uros, Puquinas, Pucaras, Collas, Lupacas, Incas, Spanish Colonial period and today`s Puno. 

  

This celebration`s basically rooted in the Colonial times, September 7-9 of 1668.  when the infamous Spanish viceroy Conde de Lemos established the current Puno`s downtown there is the cathedral. 

  

Puno, generous homeland of our Ancestors; cradle of Quechua and Aymara peoples named also South America`s Folkloric Capital, for us puneños is more than it, it`s land of hard-working men and women from Desaguadero in the border with Bolivia to Juliaca city in the northern area…Puno with its dances and precious treasures mystically protected by our Ancient mountains called Apu Cancharani and Apu Azuguini. 

  

There`re 300k inhabitants Puno city but Puno region has about 1.6 M people, in accordance to the last census. 

We speak Spanish, Aymara and Quechua. 

Puno is the administrative center of its 13 provinces. 

With some challenges and many opportunities in this new century. 

Happy Anniversary loving Puno! 

Jallalla Puno Marca! 

Kausachum Puno Llaqta! 

  

PLACES TO VISIT 

·         Lake Titicaca,  

·         Isla Amantani, 

·          isla Taquili,  

·         Llachon,  

·         Ancient funeral Towers of Sillustani,  

·         Cutimbo, city tour… 

BEAUTY OF LAKE TITICACA’S DEEP BLUE WATERS

THE BEAUTY OF LAKE TITICACA’S DEEP BLUE WATERS

        In the fresh mornings I used to see from my window the clearness of its waters surrounded by hills and another islands. Some fishing boats, Andean gulls, upper white beautiful clouds, simple awesome!

Oh wonder of Pachamama!

 Built with the forces of nature above the Andes in the high plateau

Through the millenniums.

Its dozens of islands with wunderbar vistas, its humble people how speak Quechua, Aymara and Spanish (Isla Suasi, Isla Soto, Taquile, Amantani, Isla del sol…)

In afternoons I liked to see the sunset (June- September) from the hill of “Itapilluni” (Suasi Island) with tourists up there. Surrounding us the sacred lake of the incas. The sky changing its colors, slowly tata Inti or the sun is disappearing on the western horizon behind the mountains.

The wind blows the mass of waters, as well as the blue sky`s now getting orange, light yellow, purple and so…during the last 15 minutes…”what a such sunset echo the tourists while continue taking pictures.

   And the wind blows our faces…the night coming back with its black blanket.  It’s time to go back to our lodge.

Living in a tiny island on the highest navigable lake in the planet was amazing, close to sky, closer the Milky Way and constellations. Remembering the myths and legends of the Ancient Collas and Incas as Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo” legend arising from the blue waters around the Sun Island today Bolivia.

IN DEPTH

      

 Located at

12 506 ft. (3 812m) above the sea level on the Plateau between Peru and Bolivia 60% 40%) is the highest navegable lake in the planet and the largest freshwater lake in South America. Lake Titicaca´s a mountain lake wonder shaped by Pachamama´s or Nature forces 60 million years ago aproximately. 

Fromm y early years I fell in love with Lake Titicaca. It´s blue waters, beauty and immensity. 

 The average deep is 140 meters or 459 ft. (main lake). And its deepest point is located around Soto Island with 282 m or 925 ft. making Lake Titicaca one of the deepest lakes in the world.

And so it has a length of 170 Km or 106 miles and 60 Km or 37 miles of width in average. 8 500 Km2 (3282 ml2) with a total of 900 Km3 (216ml3) or 4% of world`s fresh water.

Temperature’s stable never go frozen. From 9 -15°C or 48- 59 Fahrenheit from December to May during days and 5°C less in nights.

TITICACA`S FLORA AND FAUNA

Birds: Puna teals, American coots, Andean gulls, Titicaca`s silvery diver… around 175 birds.

Fish: Rain trout, Bonaerense king fish, carachi and Titicaca`s cat fish.

Another famous inhabitant of its waters is the Titicaca`s giant frog that today in endangered.

Chullo or totora (Titicaca`s reed aquatic plant) is used to build the woven floating island in the bay of Puno as well as in the areas of the lake.