Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca

People started living on floating islands hundreds of years ago in order to escape paying taxes. Their descendants have continued the tradition.

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Travel & Events

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• Lake Titicaca
• Peru
• floating islands

[vogel5290]

Many places I've visited around the world, traditions are so strong they take precidence over such things as money and material conforts:  things as westerners we hold onto dearly at almost any cost.

[gre68]

right, been there..after this, further onto the lake to this island..great daytrip

[jedamac]

lols if everyone on the island ran back and forth repeatedly would it start to tip ove if it was small O

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[waellerbe]

Call me crazy yet I would like to create and live on my own island.

[sonneao]

Wow, very interesting! To this day, it still amazes me (in a good way) that millenarian traditions still hold ground. In th so-called 1st world, we get too caught up in a fast-moving swirl of things. We loose the connection these people have with their ancestors. Thanks for sharing

[Mtrold]

Wow! Thanks for this short video on the floating islands. I had never heard of it until today. I will look into it a little more.