Lake Titicaca

12,500 feet above sea level, one of the highest navigable lakes in the world. According to legend, the founders of the Inca empire emerged from the waters of Lake Titicaca.

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The lake has many islands. Floating Islands of the Uros people. Their language is Aymara.

When the Inca came they fled to the reeds and never left them.

The islands are human made of reeds. They still live there.

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The face of a stone statue of the Buddha. Visible in the distance behind it are greens of trees and blue sky.

We are a community in the Plum Village tradition. Linda (True Path of Peace) is an ordained Order of Interbeing member. She was ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh on August 15, 2005.