Puno, Peru Travel Blogs

... there was a yellow sign with a recognizable picture of a speed bump.  Just as we were approaching the Bolivia/Peru border crossing (doing maybe 140km/85mph) I noticed a different sign on the side of the road...something about "velocidad"  ...

A travel blog entry by johnorton
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... oh well.. nowhere is perfect I guess...hee We left Cusco bright an early for a 6 hour bus trip via Peru's highest point.   So 6 hours to Puno which is close to the border of Bolivia and sits at the edge of Lake Titicaca, the world's ...

A travel blog entry by themurphys
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It's been a good three days here in Puno, Peru.  It's the festival of Candlemas, or here it's called the Virgin de la Candelaria Festival.  Big religious festival...lots of walking the Virgin around on a platform and pouring flower petals all ...

A travel blog entry by rawhideone
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... ever visited". I´d agree, but would have to rank the Scarecrow Farm on Cape Breton Island as being even more bizarre. We arrived in Puno around 1pm. Thankfully we had a free afternoon. After being on the go for so long, I felt I just needed to take it ...

A travel blog entry by chowie
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... my finger on what it is about these Israeli girls that makes them look so different. We walk a few hundred metres into Peru. Following a tip from a sober Frenchman who had travelled for many years in South America, I have listed my occupation on the ...

A travel blog entry by rachel_john
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... , it wouldn´t take long before I´d get up and abandon the herd. Arrived in Puno and was afforded a gorgeous view of Lake Titicaca with the surprisingly sprawling city of Puno in the foreground. Lastly on the agenda tonight, I believe it´s guinea pig time!

A travel blog entry by chowie
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Rattling through the Altiplano in this loosely connected bus.  My IPOD is barely overtaking the volume of the shaking window but once again, I'm blissfully entertained by the magnificent scenery of the Andes, the fields of llamas and alpacas grazing ...

A travel blog entry by rawhideone
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... massive and is a beautiful deep blue colour which is a great contrast to the snow covered mountains in the distance. Arrived in Puno early afternoon (clocks gone back an hour here we realised after a few hours!) and found a nice hotel for 35 Soles a room ...

A travel blog entry by emanddave
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... and Bev was kind of enough to treat me to an extravagant dinner at a restaurant that accepted credit cards. There are only 4 places in Peru that take plastic, so it's a big deal. I had a four course meal and Bev had a nice soup and Lasagna, the whole ...

A travel blog entry by dane
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... free drinks and lunch). We decided to do this instead of the overnight direct bus because we aren't actually seeing much of Peru, just Puno & Cusco, so this lets us see a bit more. We then booked a trip out to the Uros Reed Islands for tomorrow morning ...

A travel blog entry by vickersontour
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... accommodation if you wanted to stay overnight. It was all pretty cool. We then sailed back to the mainland and had a walk around Puno. It's a really nice town actually and not just there for the Reed Islands. In the evening, we chilled in front of the ...

A travel blog entry by vickersontour
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... at 281 m * 25 rivers, mostly from Peru, flow into the lake and a small outlet leaves the lake at Desaguadero on the Bolivia-Peru border, which is only 5% of the inflow with the rest lost in evaporation. * The lake is the remnant of a vast area of water ...

A travel blog entry by dospollos
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... stopping in Puno for a few hours, we decided to pay them a visit. We put our bags in the Tour Peru bus company office in Puno. From there, the company provided a mini bus to the port where we got a ferry to the islands. The floating islands ...

A travel blog entry by dacraic
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... . Since the Inca times they have continued to survive on the lake by fishing, hunting birds and trading with the locals in Puno. The islands themselves are constructed out the the roots from  Totora reeds. The uros build blocks from the roots, tied, ...

A travel blog entry by myjob
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... travel companion. The next leg of the trip was sure to be exciting. Quantifiable Summary Bus from Arequipa to Puno (Flores, 15 soles/$5, 5 hours) Sleep at Posada Real (15 soles/$5) Floating Islands/Amantani/Taquile tour, including everything (60 ...

A travel blog entry by rickwastaken
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... of the ride Rick wouldn't allow her to read her book or eat anything in case they thought her a fraud. Eventually arriving in Puno we quickly found a hotel and wandered off the find out why all the flags were at half mast. Turns out an ex-president ...

A travel blog entry by eatdessertfirst
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... enjoying the views the mountain provided. Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world and is shared by Peru and Bolivia. We left from Puno on the Peruvian side. There are a number of islands and the coast line is beautiful. It is all ...

A travel blog entry by dane
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... we were in Italy or some Mediterranean island, rather than in the middle of South America.  From Isla Taquile we headed back to Puno arriving late afternoon.  In the evening, as it was our last night in Peru, we pushed the boat out and went out ...

A travel blog entry by alexndean
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It wasn´t as cold. The flowting icelands are interesting.

A travel blog entry by orizarska
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... as all we did was walk to the main square, have some lunch and walk to the harbour to catch our boat back to Puno. However we were lucky enough to witness a wedding procession on the way back to the harbour. Whilst the procession went past us all the men ...

A travel blog entry by lizand_rich
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... of the terraces and the lake back to the boat managing to avoid buying any jewelery on the way down. Another 3 hours back to Puno before we left the lakeside and headed to the bus station to buy our tickets for Cusco tomorrow (half the price than buying ...

A travel blog entry by emanddave
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... - at least we weren't alone in wondering what the journey ahead would hold. Luckily we all managed to cross the Bolivia/Peru border, getting our passports stamped at the immigration offices on either side, without too much trouble. We were then piled in to ...

A travel blog entry by andanddan
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Hmm, Puno reminded us a bit of Lima... not our favourite so far, shall we say??? Not much to say about Puno really, just like a much smaller version of Lima. Not a lot to see or do, and a lot of poverty. The Roots of the Incas tour started here in ...

A travel blog entry by andy_jillian
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... and the largest on the lake.  The locals here get by on subsistence agriculture and by importing food from the city of Puno.  The air is quite thin and it's difficult to climb the many hills without breathing hard.  I'm traveling with Lisa ...

A travel blog entry by jeffsadventures
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On the road to Puno

A travel blog entry by erriuc
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... be true, but I still want to see them, as I missed them the last time I was here (I find it funny that I have been to Puno twice, but never to cities like Rome, Barcelona or Prague). And as I said, it's freezing cold here. In fact it's been mostly cold ...

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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A travel blog entry by tracy_coward
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... a good time to be contemplating plans etc. But I am desperate to live in a place once again, no matter where it is. I´m in Puno for a night before bussing it to La Paz tomorrow... the last day of this 35 day tour. Last night, we overnighted in locals´ ...

A travel blog entry by shanewilson
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... Inca stone paths and ruins and the island takes your breathe away. The following day after our lake visit we looked around Puno and climbed some lookouts to get some fantastic views of the Lake and the Bolivian mountains in the distance. Then back to ...

A travel blog entry by heatheravan
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... of other disciplines trained by the project are now working in responsible positions in the agricultural scientific community throughout Peru, but it was a delight to be shown around the Salcedo facilities by Vidal Apaza, a young agronomist whom we ...

A travel blog entry by thymeoff
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