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In July and August of 2006, I participated in a geophysical survey at the site of Tiwanaku, Bolivia just a little south of Lake Titicaca. At times it was very cold and most of the time in the morning, the pipes were frozen at the place we were staying. As a result, washing up was not something done on a regular basis. Both magnetometry and GPR were used and we surveyed a large area east of the Akapana. Because we were very remote, at night it would get so dark and cold. One night, we got invited to socialize with the students from McGill University. On our trek back to our lodging, we were walking blind. It was so dark that we couldn't even see the person in front of us, much less the ground we were walking on. Navigation was all by memory and occasionally someone would trip and fall into the scrub. It was nice to be in an environment with no light pollution, the stars in the night sky were amazing.
Over a weekend the survey team took a bus out to Copacabana on the shore of Lake Titicaca. We spent our free day hiking around Isla del Sol enjoying the views and the nice cool weather. At night we ate fresh trout at one of the many cocinas lined up along the shore while drinking Huari beer. |
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