Tiwanaku, Bolovia

Today, i woke up feeling much much better, finally! I still have a fever but at list I can stand up streight without feeling pain from my stomach. The most unfortunate thing is that now, Luke is feeling very ill. I now understand how helpless he felt when I was feeling terrible as I cannot do anything to help him feel better.

Despite the feeling we went an a day trip to the ruins of the Sun Gate and the temple of tiwanaku. After all, I had kept going on when I was feeling sick so he is doing the same. We both agree that looking back at this trip from the future, we will not remember feeling sick too much.

Tiwanaku (or Tiahuanaco) was the capital of the Tiwanaku empire between c. 200 - 1000 CE and is situated in the Titicaca basin. At an altitude of 3,850 metres (12,600 ft) it was the highest city in the ancient world and had a peak population of between 30,000 and 70,000 residents.

I was shocked when the guide explained how the Spanish had found the old temples and had decided to use heaps of stone blocks to build their buildings. Apparently when the government found more, they used more of the stones to build one of their bridges. 

Write soon, xo