Isla Del Sol

oh my.

ISLA DEL SOL: a gem of an island. a MUST see.
-journey´d over on a boat to the island with our new found argentine friends
-arrived at the island 2 hours later
-got attacked by water balloons and was forced to create a blockade, round the troops, and retaliate against the army of 10 year olds with an unlimited supply of water balloons and colorful squirt guns
-started, what ended up to be, a 5hour hike across the entire island from the south end to the north end.
-got lost 3 times
-paid 3 crossing fees in various places
-wanted to buy a beer in the middle of the island on the very top ridge next to donkeys and baby pigs but the old lonesome man wanted to charge this gringo 15 bolivianos. (now that i think about it, thats only like, 2US $... im cheap) so i didnt do it
-the landscape was incredible. thats all i can tell you other than YOU HAVE TO GO HERE!!!!!!
-accidently ran into some Ayamara ruins and laid in the sun in the middle of what i have convinced myself was a kitchen at one point and burnt my skin
-drank maté when i woke up with more argentines
-made it to the beach before dark and set up our tent and lived there for 3 more days then we had planned
-went swimming in lake titi kaka
-cooked dinner on the beach in a sand pit we made
-witnessed a love affair unfold
-the sky was so clear, a person could see the difference between the red stars and the blue stars.
-we saw the milky way and the FINALLY after 3 months of being in SA, found the southern cross
-margaret´s shoes were stolen
-a pig stole my mango
-we would be sitting on the beach drinking maté (an argentine tea) and all of a sudden, 6 donkeys, 22 pigs, 3 cows, and 8 chickens would just randomly walk past us on the beach.
-ran out of money on the island because all those stupid crossing fees so we started eating only bananas, cheetos and cookies.
-i attempted to pimp margaret out for more vino and cookies (no luck)
-we convinced the argentines to give us money to get off the island 3 days later
-a VERY worth while experience

do it. do it.


http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_del_Sol