Copacabana

Caught the bus at 8.30 am from Puno to Copacabana. At the exact moment we got out of the bus to cross the border, Peru to Bolivia. There came a hailstorm. An amazing torrent of hail falling from the sky, and then on the other side, all fine and clear. Met an Australian called Cass, and she borrowed my raincoat as we crossed the border together. On arrival, we had something to eat together. We were intrigued by this little town full of restaurants by Lake Titicaca. I stayed at Los Andes Hotel. I had a room to myself for a great price of $20nz or so a night. It was nice, with a view of the lake, and breakfast included. Resting there, after not sleeping much in Puno.

At Copacabana, I met a local Peruvian jeweler, there are many talented street sellers in these lands. I brought one of his bracelets and he took me to a local marketplace for lunch. For trout, rice and vegetables, tasty food with no stomach problems, just a full belly.

Isla del Sol

The next morning, I packed up and left my bag at the hostel as was leaving for Isla del Sol. I planned to stay on the island for a few nights. Although a day tour was booked, I wasn’t going to catch it back just yet. The launch left from Copacabana Beach at 8:30 am. I met a German friend on the boat. It was nice talking to her on the way. Then sitting upstairs, I met a group of young Bolivians on holiday. They worked in the mines. We were in the sun. We were on Lake Titicaca, every day sunny on the Island of the Sun!

At Isla del Sol, we landed on the north side at Challapampa, and the tour guide took us to places. We all looked through the tiny museum, Museo del Oro (the Gold Museum).  We visited Roca Sagrada, (the secret rock). We also saw the ruins in the North. Additionally, we explored the footprints of the Sun (Pisadas del Sol). 

It is quite cold in the morning. Then it gets quite hot. The altitude makes it hard to walk fast uphill, so you get short of breath. The group of young Bolivians took their photos with me. While we were walking, one of them put my hat on. On the path, I lost her and the hat Id brought the night before.

There are no cars or paved roads on the island. About 800 families live there. They rely on tourism, fishing, and farming for their livelihoods.  A rocky and hilly island, with many eucalyptus trees. There are over eighty ruins on the island. Evidence shows that people lived there as far back as the third millennium BC.

The guide took us to the Sacred Rock. He showed us where there was a big stone with fresh water under it. He showed us how we could put this water into our water vessels to drink, It was lovely water. The other gringos were afraid to drink this, I drunk a few bottles. I stayed on after the rest of the tour took the boat back. I disappeared and spent a long time behind the Sacred Rock, with a lot of LL. At the Sacred Stone, there was a point opposite and to the right that felt strong.

And then went to the North Side of the Island, there was no one around. and just lay there in the sun, and let it cover me. I focused my energy on nourishment for the ovaries and this chakra area.  And then returned to the Sacred Stone. After that, I started heading down to the Northern town. It was near sundown.

I had walked a bit with a band of Bolivian musicians. They were there to sing and play whilst the sun was going down. I listened to them play, and sing among others, the ‘Hare Krishna’ mantra. Feeling a bit worried, but trusting, in that I had brought my day bag with provisions with me. And all was fine as it was no problem to find a hostel. It was found straight away, trusting my inner guidance. With a room to myself and very reasonable, I stayed at Hostel Cultural. I had a lovely dinner at a local cafe. I went back to the restaurant again later, for desert. I met two women at my table. They were doing energy work at the Lake too. We had a good conversation.

The next morning, it was up early to take a boat to the southern side. Walking past a café, I saw a women I had seen the day before at the Sacred Stone. I asked if I could join her, and we ended up traveling together for four days! Her name is Monika from Poland. Our waiter was a very mischievous and charming ten year old boy whom won us over. Monika was catching the boat too, we had breakfast together. Then we met a Chilean man called Eduardo, and we all caught the boat to Yumani.  Turned out we had all stayed at the same hostel. We bumped into him again later that day, and all sat at a lookout for a drink and a rest.

We found hostels, and picked different ones, from my room I could see all the boats coming and going. We had something to drink and then went to the Ruins. We walked down to Picokaina (the Temple of the Sun). I felt the strong energy there in the rock in the ceremonial room. I also sensed a line strongly connecting to the Island of the Moon (La Luna). So, we did a quick ceremony in both rooms, one for the line going through.

After the ruinas, we walked down to the lake, it was close, and I went for a swim. Monika watched, and two local children played with us. The wee girl wanted to go for a swim too. I waited for her and dipped in again. It was freezing cold though!  Very Icy, but my body felt amazing after swimming in the Sacred Lake, somehow revitalized. Then we walked back up to our hostels in this small town where the boats come in.

The second night was a bit stormy when it became dark. I went to bed early. However, I didn’t sleep much while listening to it. The hostel was sitting right up above the lake, great view, but heard every wave of the lago. After the second meal of the day of the standard meal. Which consist of trout (trucha), rice, la plancha (means cooked on a metal plate). With potato fries (papa frittas) with vegetables and quinoa soup!

On the way back down to our hostels that day, we took the donkey route by accident. It was amazing to witness. However, we must have been annoying for the locals. We tried to keep out of the way. Standing well back for the local people coming up bringing up supplies on the donkeys. The donkeys seemed to be very good and obedient, plodding on following the steep path up from the boats. The town is up on the hill. The views upon the walk to the ruins, are fantastic, up over Lago Titicaca. We also went to Escalinata, which you go by, evidently pre Hispanaic stairs of Yumani.

 

Isla de la Luna

Meeting Monika at 8 am, for an early breakfast at our favourite restaurant overlooking the lake. Then we went down to catch a boat to Isla de la Luna (Island of the Moon). We meet Eduardo, a Danish man who also was looking to head over to do ceremony. On a hunch, I asked him if he was heading in the same direction, and sure enough. So we ended up hiring a private boat together, for only 100 Bolivian each.

We seemed to be the only tourists there. It was about forty minutes each way to cross on the boat. There is a temple on the island, but strangely enough, both Monika and I missed the temple. Somehow! A small black dog came and joined us, and we called him our guide. Only he didn’t lead us to the ruins, and we ended up walking to the north of the island. Feeling like I was being called to this side of the island anyways, because of the line sensed between them. I made it over a barbed wire fence. It wasn’t an easy task, but determination and being a Capricorn usually wins over. I went to the very north of the island. Monika had turned back, and laughed when she turned around and she saw me going over the fence. The wee dog was with me the whole time, and starlings were flying around. I lay on the ground in the same way as I had on the North side of the Sun Island. Meditating again on nourishment in the sacral chakra area. I did many LL activations for the line over and calling out over the lake. We had nearly two hours there, the boat man had waited to take us safely back to the Sun Island.

Drunvalo Melchizedek, in his book ‘Rainbow Serpent’, describes a crystal. It is buried under the lake water between Sun and Moon Island. I felt a strong energy, closer to Sun Island than Moon Island. On the way back, we did a small ceremony. Lake Titicaca is often referred to as the Sacral Chakra of the earth. Lake Titicaca is unique in that it is the only Earth Chakra that is a body of water. More about this at the end of this page.

​The Sacral Chakra, ‘Within the water element, there is an immense power of flow. This energy has to be regulated to avoid any destructive consequences. When the Sacral Chakra is in balance, our emotions flow through us without any judgments. Recognizing these emotions enhances our ability to understand deeply and express our desires. This restores balance and harmony’. Ram Jain, arhantayoga.org

All the days I was there were very sunny. The days of my trip, were clear. After the island of the moon boat trip, I got very sunburnt like a tomato. I was wearing a hat, but I was facing the sun. A week later I still had sores on my face, by my lips, it was been many days of this.

Monika and I had some lunch and then took a boat back to Copacabana. Picking up my bag at Los Andes Hotel, we decided to share a large apartment room there. It felt like a penthouse, with amazing views out of the lake. We felt happy and blessed, organising things, and I exclaimed at my extreme sunburn. We stepped out for dinner. We saw my friend, the Peruvian Jeweller. He led us into the restaurant where he works. A live band started up before us, they were great. It was funny. An opportunist older man took a shine to me. He called me his girlfriend and got me up dancing. Our dinner was lively that evening.

I ate trucha (trout) for the six nights I was in Bolivia. I also had lots of sopa with quinoa. They were all delicious meals. We also went shopping and I brought another hat for only around $5nz. Alpaca and Llama items are in abundance. It is wonderful to be surrounded by so many lovely handmade products. The women sitting on the street or boats are constantly busy making with their hands. It is quite meditative. I took note to learn from this.

And we both enjoyed the fantastic Jewelers shop which was jammed packed full of lovely handmade jewellery. The next morning, after breakfast at the hostel, I bought an Alpaca top. Then we were on a local bus towards La Paz. There were lots of tourists on the bus too.

La Paz

With luggage stored in compartments underneath, one of them spilled out onto the road. It was lots of sardines in baskets. At one stage, everyone gets off the bus. Then they go on a small boat. They get the bus again, passing over Lago Titicaca once more. Coming down into La Paz on the bus is quite an experience. The city is in a valley with condensed housing appearing all of a sudden.

Not sure what it was with this trip to Bolivia and Eduardo’s that kept popping up. First, there was the Chilean Eduardo. Then, there was the Danish Eduardo. Finally, the Peruvian Eduardo who had been my tour guide to Amaru Muru in Puno popped up in La Paz. He had emailed me to say there had been a change and so he was coming through. I had booked a flight to Mexico through his travel agency, for some reason this hadn’t gone through. It turns out the place he had organised to meet me was on the opposite side of the street. I booked into there too as it seemed easier. It was where Monika was staying. I rested when we arrived. Then met up with Eduardo in the afternoon and he told me the situation. I got online there and then, to book a flight as it seemed I didn’t have one booked after all. He helped me book one online, but it seems we made quite a mistake in this new booking. There was a lesson learn in this whole experience. I looked up the meaning of the name Eduardo, it means ‘wealthy guard’.

Rising at 3.45 am the next morning in order to catch a taxi to the airport. I thought I was leaving, but I wasn’t to go just yet. I arrived at the desk and found out that I had misbooked. The American Airlines attendant picked up that the ticket was from La Paz, Mexico, not La Paz, Bolivia. Seems there are a few La Paz’s with airports.

At the airport, I tried twice to book onto other flights. But whilst waiting, I felt like I was going to faint. It was the only time on this trip that I had that feeling. It felt like I had eaten something that was not sitting well. So after a few trips to the bathroom, I started feeling a bit better. So, online again I booked for the next day instead, this is all getting very expensive though. But I think it was perhaps all for the best I didn’t fly that day.

I was washing hands in the bathroom. I asked a local Bolivian lass if she was catching a bus into town. She had a lot of luggage. Turns out she was, and I went with her to catch a Collectivo, a local bus. With my bag stored with others on top, I was a bit nervous about this. Traffic was intense, but we made it. She was nice to me. I got off at the San Francisco church. It was literally only 4 Boliviano ($1NZ) for this service. I got off here and went to where Monika was staying and booked in there. And found her and let her know what had happened.

And so I ended up having an extra day in La Paz, due to the mix up. La Paz is a busy city in a valley. Staying another day allowed me to know it better. I liked it more. Walking with Monika and finding the chocolate shops, one in particular that was awesome. I brought some chocolate that was 100% Cacao. It had no sweetener. It was very bitter and took some getting used to.

Wandering and shopping on the main tourist strip there, full of jewellery and clothes. I brought a necklace from a street seller, whom had their jewellery displayed, for a friend Maria. I like buying from street makers. They are individual, and you get to meet the person who made it. Monika and I went into a shop that sells interesting potions. We bought some love potion. I never ended up using it. I probably should have!

Then that night, we found quite a place for dinner, and it was a three course meal. The meal consisted of the Bolivian staples. We had quinoa soup for starters and trout with rice, vegetables, and fries for the main course. For dessert, we enjoyed rum bananas. All of this was for only 40 pesos. We ate in a fascinating setting. Grandiose and well-carved fertility symbols and carvings surrounded us.

31 Oct, Up at 3.45 am again! Two guys from the hostel shared the cab to the airport, for a 6.25 am flight to Cancun, Mexico.

LAKE TITICACA – The Second Chakra

www.earthchakras.org by Robert Coon.

On the Island of the Sun, in Lake Titicaca, is found the Titicaca Stone. Which is the geometrical centre for the second earth chakra. This is the world centre for the creation of new species, and significant evolutionary advances within existing species. In the human body, Lake Titicaca correlates to the second chakra. The difference is that the world second chakra governs all species, taking a special interest in positive mutations and evolutionary advancements. From Titicaca is born what is truly New. This sequence, over the Aeons, of innovative births always points in the direction of the goal of life – everlasting life. How can life force and structure be combined in a way that overcomes entropy? The Earth wisdom of the Andes continually seeks to answer this question with ever-increasing clarity.

The undifferentiated life force of Chakra One, Mt. Shasta, is transmitted to Lake Titicaca via the great world ley artery – The Plumed Serpent. This life-giving telluric current encircles the world, and has its evocational home at the El Tule tree in Mexico. Lake Titicaca is one of the two greatest ley crossroads on Earth. The Rainbow Serpent intersects the Plumed Serpent at the Island of the Sun. These two gigantic ley arteries also cross each other on the island of Bali, in Indonesia.

If you construct this second world chakra on a map, let the circumference pass through the junction of the Napo and Maranon rivers, near Iquitos, Peru, where the Amazon River begins. Notice that this great circle includes the heart of the Andes range, and includes many other sacred sites, such as Cuzco and Machu Picchu. All sacred sites within the Expanded Sphere of an Earth Chakra partake of the same defining qualities. Thus, Machu Picchu is also a world second chakra force.

EARTH CHAKRAS –

‘There are twelve Inspirational Earth Chakras on the body of the Living Earth. When these twelve areas are all in a state of vitality, then the Will of the Earth is able to take the quality of life for All Beings to the next level. If there is war, famine, or any major tensions within any of these regions, then the overall potential for the quality of life on Earth is restricted.

It is essential to continually work for the advancement of Light, Love, Life, and Liberty within these twelve foundation Earth Chakra areas‘.

Locations of The Seven Chakras

1. Mount Shasta, California, USA, North America

2. Lake Titicaca, Peru – Bolivia, South America

3. Uluru and Kata Tjuta, Northern Territory, Australia

4. Glastonbury and Shaftesbury, England , Europe

5. Great Pyramid, Mount Sinai, Mount of Olives, Middle East, Africa

6. Aeon Activation Chakra, mobile (currently stationary at Glastonbury – see Chakra 6 link above) Antarctica

7. Mount Kailas, Tibet, China, Asia

Lake Titicaca – Interview with Jorge Luis Delgado

A You tube documentary is The Earth Chakras 2nd Chakra: Lake Titicaca. Where Dr Tracey Ulshafer talks to Jorge Luis Delgado, who discusses the energy of this very important power place. Mr. Delgado dives deep into the Andean culture’s legacy through insights, stories and teachings. From his personal connection living in the area, to his years of tourism service and attuning to his own shamanic heritage.