Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Lake Titicaca

So after lots of stressing I decided that it would be safe for me to head to Puno (the town at Lake Titicaca on the Peruvian side). I took a bus called the Inka Express. It´s a tourist bus, so we stopped at several sites and towns along the way. I met a nice guy who just graduated from U. Florida who was traveling alone as well. We decided to stick together in Puno and it made the trip much nicer to have a friend around.

Puno was unexciting for the most part. Visiting the islands around Lake Titicaca is the main attraction. We did a 2 day 1 night tour of the islands. First we stopped at the floating Uros islands, where people live on islands that they make and have been making for hundreds of years. After that, it was onto Amantani island 2 hours away. We stayed overnight with a family here and experienced the real island life. They lived the same way generations before them have. They have some solar power, but eat little to no meat and all farm for their income. My Amantani ¨dad¨ had never been anywhere except the island and Puno! The next day included a visit to Taquile island.

The Uros

The view from my family´s home on Amantani Island

Our family dressed us up in traditional clothes.

A little girl on Taquile Island.

Me on Taquile Island


Tuesday was the feast of the the Virgin de la Candelaria in Puno, this is the town´s patron saint. Check out the pics below.


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