Taquile Island Photo Gallery by Didier Vanderperre at pbase.com

Taquile Island

Taquile Island remains a very authentic Quechua enclave. It is about a 3 hour boat ride from Puno on Lake Titicaca. Though now, quite a lot of people take day trips to Taquile, very few people stay overnight, because there are no hotels, no cars, no roads, no electricity and almost no runing water on the island.
We decided to stay overnight on Taquile. We slept at a local's house. Spanish is barely spoken on the island; the main language has remained Quechua, the old Inca dialect.
Taquile, whose Quechua name is Intika, was part of the Inca Empire and has a number of Inca ruins. The island was one of the last locations in Peru to capitulate to Spanish domination.
Taquileños run their society based on community collectivism and on the Inca moral code "ama sua, ama llulla, ama qhella" (do not steal, do not lie, do not be lazy). The economy is based on fishing, terraced farming horticulture based on potato cultivation.

Alejandro, our host.	Celebration of San Santiago	Celebration of San Santiago
Spectators	Celebration of San Santiago	Celebration San of Santiago
Taquile Harbor		Multitasking
All smiles	Bachelors
	Time to call it a day	Tight fit
Alejandro's Grand Daughter

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Yan Seiler		28-Feb-2008 16:55
des bons souvenirs remémorés de ce magnifique endroit...

Marc Demoulin		14-Oct-2006 13:33
Encore une belle série bien colorée avec de très belles lumières Didier! Vote. Marc

Yiannis Pavlis		03-Oct-2006 02:37
really specatcular gallery .bravo .great photography.

pingupingu		01-Oct-2006 09:56
Superbe gallerie , encore une fois. Mes 3 préférées : alejandro,le mome qui descend, et "time to call it a day"

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