Yavari Puno

We've arrived in Puno Peru lake titikaka eaten alpaca two times in 20hrs can't be bad going, onwards to floating reed islands update blog soon, miss you all Dan & Gen

So we visited the oldest boat on the highest navigable body of water in the world and the boat was obviously made in London England when we made things good and proper. …

We had breakfast at half six, which was good apart from the margarine, not butter. We were picked up in a bus and taken to the port to board the boat to the floating islands. There was a busker man they let on board before we set off playing his challanga (miniature 10 string guitar) and pan pipes, who was good enough for me to tip even though we …

... worried about not getting it back, but we were lucky and the guy was honest and gave us back the s/50. Emily and I visited the Yavari, an ex naval boat that is one of the oldest iron hulled ships in the world. In the 1860`s it was built and shipped ...

... but you donīt. There were plenty of reed boats and of course tourist buying opportunities. For our second night in Puno  three of us stayed on the Yavari - this is a victorian gunboat which was ordered by the President of Peru in 1862 - it ...

... meal ordered - omlette - arrived ― an hour after everyone elses food!!   Our last few days in Puno were spent chilling out!  We visited the Yavari a ship built in Enland and hauled over the andes by donkeys, admired some ducks and shopped ...

... of 2 metres not infrequent. On our way through the narrow channels cut through the vast reed beds we caught sight of the M.N. Yavari (1862), an old steamer that was brought over from England and carried in pieces across the Andes over a period of six ...

... there was a festive atmosphere. We got a cheap trout lunch by the water then headed a few km out of town to see the Yavari Ship . The ship had an incredible story (see link above) and was in brilliant condition for being 150 years old. We got a private ...

... called the Yavari. The ship itself was nothing to write home about but the story of its construction was fascinating. The Yavari was built during our parents' youth in England in 1861 and was then dismantled into 2766 parts before being shipped across ...

... the market to the dock area. I spot the colorful swan and duck paddleboats on the lake, but my mission is to tour the M.S. Yavari. This Victorian Steamship was built in England in 1862. It was shipped to Peru, then carried in pieces over the Andes by ...

... at the end of the bed, my bottom lip and my thumb are throbbing. Pull myself up and back into bed I collapse. June 9 M.S. Yavari and Sillustani Day 6 I'm moving slow. My lip is hurting like crazy and I can't use my thumb. Gary asks how many altitude ...

... On Tuesday we had a relaxed day as Mum was suffering quite a lot with altitude sickness -but in the afternoon we visited the Yavari – an old English-made naval ship that was cut into 2700 pieces which were shipped to Arica on the Chilean coast (at ...

... all the other tourists. We headed back in to Puno after the islands. As you come back into the dock you can see the Yavari which was transported from the UK and carried up to the lake then re assembled which is pretty impressive as it was done before ...