It was early November when my wife, Raija, and I climbed aboard an early-morning bus for Lake Titicaca. I’d been living in Arequipa, Peru, for five months as a Fulbright Scholar, researching a book ...

Lake Titicaca, located on the border of Peru and Bolivia, is the largest lake in South America situated at high altitude, over 3,800 meters above sea level. Its crystal-clear waters and surrounding ...

Through the window of the Ormeno bus, water somewhere between the color of lapis lazuli and blue hyacinths stretched as far as I could see, with a sweep of mountains in the background. Later, during a ...

Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, is a world unto itself—a definite must-see. It's located 560 mi/900 km southeast of Lima, on the Peru/Bolivia border, at an altitude of 12,500 ft/3,8 ...