a series of travel images from Bolivia, Lake Titicaca, a large, deep, freshwater lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru. The largest lake in South America situated at an altitude of 3,812 m (12,507 ft). From the town Copacabana we visit the Isla del Sol ("Island of the Sun"), one of the largest islands of the lake. The colourful indigenous Uru or Uros people inhabited the islands and shores of the lake. More of the Peruvian side of the lake can be seen in the Peru chapter.