Sunday 25 May 2008

Ticaco i Tarata

Tacna is 750m above sea level. Tarata- 3070m and Ticaco, which lies 12 km from Tarata- 3438m. The distance from Tacna to Ticaco - 80 km. It means, that in less than 3 hours we changed the altitude drastically and the landscape surprised me discovering new sites around Tacna...
No, this wasn't our car, but this sort of buses are leaving Tacna early morning direction Tarata. It takes them some time to reach the 3000m level...

Our company in a taxi colectivo- Cynthia y Grishka.

Desert landscape transforming into...

...paisaje with green vegetation, eucalyptus trees and the Apu, volcano Takora has emerged in the close horizon.

One doesn't need coca leaves to feel high on 3000m above the sea level... My friend Rocio finds with difficulty a balance after hundreds of curvas on the way to Tarata...

Andenerias de Tarata covers 3 465, 67 hectares. It continues being used for the culture of maize and Pope. The terraces are irrigated with water of springs and brooks taken from the heads of Andean valleys. (See more information here)



Ticaco...

...and our main goal- Ticaco's hot springs resulted pretty disappointing, because of its size.


Tarata- side view of the Church.

Tacna in the sunset light on the way back...

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