Bolivia: Lake Titicaca At Dangerously Low Levels Nov 13, 2009
(AP) LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Evaporation blamed on global warming has reduced Lake Titicaca, one of the world's highest navigable lakes, to its lowest level since 1949, authorities said Thursday. Diminished rainfall and a rise in solar radiation have in the past four years led to critically low water levels that now threaten fish spawning areas and plant life, the Lake Titicaca Authority said in a statement. (CBS News -- World)
Latvian meteorite crater was hoax Oct 27, 2009
In 2007, a meteorite crashed near Lake Titicaca in Peru, causing a crater about 40 feet (12 meters) wide and 15 feet (five meters) deep. Asta Pellinen-Wannberg, a meteorite expert at the Swedish Institute of Space Research, said she didn't know the details of the Latvian incident, but that a rock would have to be at least three feet (one meter) in diameter to create a hole that size. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Chic camping strategies blend style with budget Oct 20, 2009
Skipping the amenities can be worth the sacrifice if you wake up to views of Petra from the tomb of Aaron, lounge by a secluded waterfall, or the view the floating reed islands of Uros on Lake Titicaca. Amenities: Some camping chains provide swimming pools, shower and laundry facilities, wi-fi and more. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Bolivian pyramid makeover disappoints Oct 20, 2009
The Tiwanaku civilization, which flourished around Lake Titicaca, was one of the precursors of the Inca empire, the largest pre-Columbian civilization in the Americas. Groux believes that Tiwanaku will not lose its World Heritage status because the government halted the reconstruction project earlier this year, as soon as UNESCO told them to. (MSNBC -- International)
Faulkners Breast Centre centered on fighting cancer Oct 16, 2009
The mural s theme plays on the word breast, depicting Hall of Fame quarterback Y.A. Tittle throwing touchdowns near Lake Titicaca as whittle-bellied boobies fly overhead. Clegg painted the mural to evoke laughter, even in the face of cancer. (Rsolindale Parkway Transcript, MA)
Country profile: Peru Oct 1, 2009
The country boasts spectacular scenery, including Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake. It is rich in copper, silver, lead, zinc, oil and gold. (BBC News -- Americas)
Souvenir Shopping in Peru, Machu Pi... Sep 4, 2009
In between are cosmopolitan Lima, the high country tourist magnets of Huarez and Lake Titicaca (the world s highest lake) and, of course, the ancient Incan sites near Cuzco, capped by trips to Machu Picchu, the incomparable, sacred mountain site of the Incas. Where to Shop in Lima and Cuzco, Peru. (Suite101.com)
Peru, Bolivia spar over Devils Dance Aug 22, 2009
They share Lake Titicaca, believed to be the birthplace of the Incas, whose Peruvian-based empire stretched from Colombia to Argentina. And Bolivia was a Peruvian province called "Upper Peru" under Spanish rule. (MSNBC -- International)
Vanishing Bolivian Glacier Ends Highest Ski Run, Threatens La Paz's Water Aug 6, 2009
Views from Chacaltayas summit on a clear day include snowcapped peaks and Lake Titicaca, the worlds highest commercially navigable lake. Bolivians wanting to ski now have to travel to Argentina, whose ski areas in the Andes mountains include the world-renown Bariloche. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Bolivian president's surprising critics Jul 27, 2009
Indigenous women from El Alto have marched through the streets of La Paz, chanting, "Death to the traitor Savina Cuellar." In March, several hundred MAS supporters attacked the Cardenas family home near Lake Titicaca, ransacking and attempting to burn it down. They also called him a traitor for campaigning against the referendum. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Peru bus collision kills 23 near Lake Titicaca Jul 4, 2009
LIMA, Peru Two buses crashed head-on Thursday on a mountain road near Lake Titicaca in Peru, killing at least 23 people and injuring 50 more, police said. The morning crash occurred in the Santa Lucia district, about an hour's drive from Lake Titicaca high in the Andes, a Puno state highway police officer told The Associated Press by phone. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Peru Meteorite Crash 2007 Jun 25, 2009
After a fireball falling from the sky smashed into the high plains in the Andes near Lake Titicaca, onlookers who went near the crater become nauseated. On September 15th, 2007 at 11:45pm, the residents in the town of Carancas were awakened by a flash across the sky and a deafening crash that felt like an earthquake. (Suite101.com)
Machu Picchu Is Mini Re-creation of a Mythic Landscape? Jun 16, 2009
In Inca mythology, the first Inca were created on Bolivia's Island of the Sun on Lake Titicaca. From there, they undertook a harrowing journey beneath the Earth and emerged at a place called Tampu-tocco, close to the future site of the Inca capital Cusco. (National Geographic)
Phyllis Jen, 60, physicians group leader devoted to community service, patients May 24, 2009
On sabbatical a couple of years ago, she and her husband, Dr. Robert Schlauch, traveled by boat onto Lake Titicaca, which straddles the borders of Bolivia and Peru in South America. "There I was, out in the middle of Lake Titicaca, thinking, this is incredible," he said, "and I turned around and she's on her BlackBerry to the Brigham. We'd be out in the outback, hundreds of miles from anything, and she'd be writing to her patients, commiserating with them, and telling them what to do. You really... (Boston Globe)
Peru, air/9 nights, from $1,999 May 19, 2009
Travel through the Andes to Puno on the banks of Lake Titicaca, stopping along the way at Andahuaylillas, as well as La Raya, where you'll visit the Llama and Alpaca Research Center. Sail along Lake Titicaca and visit the floating islands of the Uros Indians and Taquile Island. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Bolivia Plot: Assassins Or Victims? May 3, 2009
He says it shows the three slain men lamenting missing a chance to bomb a boat on which Morales held a Cabinet meeting in Lake Titicaca in early April. The accompanying audio is unclear, however. (CBS News -- World)
Carroll College to offer new classes, major Apr 19, 2009
While Weight couldn t be reached by phone this week, past studies have taken him to Lake Titicaca in Peru, where he studied mercury levels in the lake s fish. He authored the Hydrology Field Manual, along with other professional journals. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
A Plot to Kill Bolivia's Leftist President? Apr 17, 2009
Vice Minister of the Interior Marcos Farfan said the documents indicated that two members of the group were present when Morales handed out land titles to indigenous Guarani in Santa Cruz province last month and that they'd supposedly abandoned a scheme to plant a bomb at a recent Morales recent cabinet meeting near Lake Titicaca. More ominously, said Garcia, "we also found documents that speak of future preliminary preparations for an assassination of the President and Vice President." (). (Time.com)
Thursday's TV: The First Mad Man Apr 8, 2009
30pm Why would two grown men - one an archaeologist, the other a professional sailor and adventurer - attempt to move an immense stone monolith across Lake Titicaca on a gigantic reed boat using only prehistoric technology. Because they don't believe in aliens or giants. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Phil Buck tells true adventure tales at Georgetowns Penn Brook School Mar 14, 2009
Buck s first two reed boats were made in South America with reeds from Lake Titicaca. His third boat will be made in the USA.. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Bolivia expels US diplomat, alleging conspiracy Mar 10, 2009
Monday's expulsion follows weekend violence in which a pro-Morales mob stormed the home of a political rival in a town on the shore of Lake Titicaca and beat members of the man's family with fists and, apparently, sticks. The rival, Victor Hugo Cardenas, is an Aymara Indian like Morales and was vice president from 1993-1997. (Sioux City Journal)
Rafts From the Past: Floating Wicker Baskets Mar 8, 2009
Along the shores of Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, modernization and globalization lap at an ancient culture ... In this file photo, an indigenous Aymara man works on a reed boat on the edge of the lake Titicaca in Huatajata, Bolivia ... Called totoras, the boats were once the only way residents who inhabit the area's desolate islands could navigate Lake Titicaca. (ABC News)
S. Americas sexiest beaches Feb 7, 2009
Less known is the fact that the Amazon rainforest is in the same continent as the Atacama Desert, the driest desert outside of Antarctica; the low-lying Amazon River is not so far from Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, and the formidable Andes range runs near the continents seemingly endless coastline. The coastline, most of which falls between the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, is brimming with excellent beaches. (MSNBC -- Travel)
