At 3810 meters (12,500 feet) above sea level, Taquile Island is largely isolated from the rest of the world.
Taquileños (about 3,000 people) stand out both for their discretion (a friendly discretion, though) and for their very special, unusual culture. Taquiles, for example, wear different clothes according to their social status. Leaders wear black chullos (caps), married men red ones, singles red and white (and the same applies to women). Taquile textiles, which also reflect customs and beliefs, are colourful and exquisitely hand-woven, much sought by visitors for their quality. To what point Taquiles live according to their traditional lifestyles can be depicted with one simple fact: there isn't electricity on Taquile island.