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Lake Titicaca-Back Then, In Peru

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            It is an absolutely awesome place to visit, especially Lake Titicaca, which is one to the highest lakes in the world. It is a lake with in a history of Indians living along it shoreline. Present day habitats are the Quechua Indians, which came from the original Indian tribes of the Aymara and the Incan Indian empire.

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            The herdsman, who cared for the cattle, stayed near the shoreline, which was near marshlands and water, this lake made it very easy to care for their cattle. This was the territory of Aymara Indians, and because of the lands altitude, made the job much easier, since land that high is not good for much of anything else. These Indians were able to provide livestock to large portions throughout the area. 

Bolivia and Peru, which is high on the plateaus; which is called the Altiplano, has a lake which is between the two countries and covers over 3,000 square miles, and over 900 feet deep at its deepest point. To be that high and be able to over look the peaks into the depth of such a large mass of water is an awesome sight to behold.
Lake Titicaca on the Andes from Bolivia

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In addition to the Aymara Indians occupying the shores there are the Lake People, who lived in huts, with their main source of food being fish. These Lake People who are actually called Laguneros and fish off the tototras boats, made from reeds from the marshlands. Boats made from these marshland weeds, combined with the odors of rotting fish, the Indians would have to make new totoras several times a year.

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One of the Islands from the Lake Titicaca, seen from Taquile

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The lake was over fished and soon the fish market began to suffer, over time their government introduced trout and other fish to the lakes and over time the trout population increased.