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Taquile - knitting men's island

Taquile (Spanish) or Intika (Quechua) is an island in the Peruvian part of Lake Titicaca about 45 km from the coastal town of Puno.

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Peru

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The Moon-Island in Lake Titicaca

Legend has it that Wiracocha ordered the moon to ascend into the sky on Isla de la Luna, the "sacred" lunar island of the Inca.

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Bolivia

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The Sun-Island in Lake Titicaca

Inca mythology locates the birth of the Inca culture on the sunny island in Lake Titicaca.

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Bolivia

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The floating islands of the Urus

Some 100 of the approximately 2000 Urus still live on the almost 50 floating islands on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca near Puno.

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Peru

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Lima, Peru's impressive capital the "yellow flower"

The name of the impressive capital of Peru has indigenous roots - it may date from the Jaqaru word lima, which means "yellow flower".

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Peru

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The Kukulcán pyramid

The pyramid of Kukulcán is a temple pyramid in the ruined city of Chichén Itzá in the north of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.

Country

Mexico

Hummingbirds and container ships

Brown-tailed Amazilie in Boquete, Panama

The article shows the culture, landscape and fauna of Panama, also along the famous Panama Canal.

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Panama

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Taquile - knitting men's island

The Moon-Island in Lake Titicaca

The Sun-Island in Lake Titicaca

The floating islands of the Urus

Lima, Peru's impressive capital the "yellow flower"

The Kukulcán pyramid

Hummingbirds and container ships

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