A very warm welcome back to our most supportive contributor in this year's travel competitions,, Syd Blackwell. His fourth travel highlight is another classic and brightened up my day. Thank you for entering ISLA DEL SOL and best of luck in the competition with all of your entries Syd.
Have you got a travel highlight of 50-100 words? If so, there is only one week left to get involved in this year's contest. Find out more on the Competitions page.
Have you got a travel highlight of 50-100 words? If so, there is only one week left to get involved in this year's contest. Find out more on the Competitions page.
ISLA DEL SOL
We stop for lunch at a small restaurant. Our boat and bags depart. We will walk after lunch. It is sunny; the lake and sky incredible blues. The snow-capped Andes glisten. We are the only diners. The resident Aymara family has prepared a traditional meal.
Before we finish, a Titicaca reed boat appears, in full sail. From another direction, a speed boat also approaches the dock below the restaurant. They meet and the tourist passengers transfer from the reed boat to the motor launch and leave. The reed boat, sails now furled, heads back, using an unseen, non-traditional motor.
We stop for lunch at a small restaurant. Our boat and bags depart. We will walk after lunch. It is sunny; the lake and sky incredible blues. The snow-capped Andes glisten. We are the only diners. The resident Aymara family has prepared a traditional meal.
Before we finish, a Titicaca reed boat appears, in full sail. From another direction, a speed boat also approaches the dock below the restaurant. They meet and the tourist passengers transfer from the reed boat to the motor launch and leave. The reed boat, sails now furled, heads back, using an unseen, non-traditional motor.
| Syd Blackwell I lived in British Columbia, Canada´s western province, for most of my life. I was a teacher, and a college employee (various roles - instruction, recruitment, promotion, counselling, research), before re-inventing myself as an innkeeper. I designed and had built my B&B inn in Revelstoke, which I operated for nine years. At age 60, my wife and I retired to Uruguay, where we have lived for more than a decade. |  |
Innside Stories is my first published book. I have extensive writing experience in Canada, and in Uruguay, I wrote 75 articles for a now defunct online magazine called Ola Uruguay. We live in Villa Argentina, a suburb of Atlántida, on the coast of Uruguay. We have five dogs.
