Cochabamba
Cochabamba is not just only Bolivia's third-largest city with 410,000 inhabitants, but also one of the most prosperous and progressive. It is famous for its pleasant climate and green landscape with tiny hills and fertile fields. The city is Bolivia's largest market town. Every day there are several markets in the city where you can find anything you are looking for; ranging from food, sweets, clothes to high quality handicraft.
The main attractions of the charming city are its historical and archaeological sights, including the huge statue of Jesus on the top of the hill (taller than the one in Rio de Janeiro), the interesting archaeological museum and the "Convento de Santa Teresa", a beautiful 400-year-old cathedral.
Lake Titicaca
For sure, the lake, with its crystal-clear and apparently untouched waters, is one of the must-see attractions in Bolivia as its colors change constantly from dawn to dusk, depending on the clouds and the angle of the sun. Lake Titicaca is at 3,800 meters (12,507 feet) the highest navigable lake of the world.
It reaches immense dimensions: a length of 233km (145mi) from northwest to southeast and a width of 97km (60mi) from northeast to southwest with the maximum depth of 280 meters (918 foot). Theses measures combine an area of unbelievable size of 8,300 square kilometers (3,240 square miles). The lake possesses many small bays and 36 islands, including the legendary "Islas del Sol" and "Islas de la Luna", two islands in the lake, famous sites of the Inca's creation myths.
Hundreds of centuries it has already been the focus of human settlement in Bolivia as the living conditions in terms of climate and food (good agriculture and fishing possibilities around the sea) are much better than in the rest of the Bolivian high plateau "Altiplano".
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