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Building Friendships on Titicaca, Lake Titacaca, Peru travel blog

Building Friendships on Titicaca

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... work well without really paying much attention to the tour schedule.  We got up in the morning from our luxurious hotel in Puno, bags packed and knew we were headed to Lake Titicaca.  When the tour guide arrived she looked in horror at the size ...

Off to Puno - barely..., Puno, Peru travel blog

Off to Puno - barely...

A travel blog entry by johnorton

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... 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"  ...

Peru Pictures, Puno, Peru travel blog

Peru Pictures

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Here are some pictures from our various stops around ...

dancing in the streets...., Puno, Peru travel blog

dancing in the streets....

A travel blog entry by rawhideone

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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 ...

Reed Islands, Puno and the Uros Islands, Peru travel blog

Reed Islands

A travel blog entry by chowie

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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 ...

Poncho Dancing, Amantani Island, Peru travel blog

Poncho Dancing

A travel blog entry by chowie

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... much of their traditional culture. Their style of dress and their culture are quite a bit different than the rest of Peru. It´s amazing what isolationism can do to one´s culture. Wheezing and puffing and panting... we started our ascent up the ...

Islas Flotantes, Puno, Peru travel blog

Islas Flotantes

A travel blog entry by rachel_john

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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 ...

Do you know the way to Puno?, Puno, Peru travel blog

Do you know the way to Puno?

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... 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 ...

Puno and Lake Titicaca, Puno, Peru travel blog

Puno and Lake Titicaca

A travel blog entry by themurphys

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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 ...

Puno to Pisco, Puno, Peru travel blog

Puno to Pisco

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Overnight in Puno - best Hotel of the trip, on to Pisco Market and then further on to Ollantaytambo.  Buffet lunch in a beautiful ...

time out for gratitude...., On the road from Puno to Arequipa, Peru travel blog

time out for gratitude....

A travel blog entry by rawhideone

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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 ...

Circumnavigating the lake!, Puno, Lake Titicaca, Peru travel blog

Circumnavigating the lake!

A travel blog entry by emanddave

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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 ...

Journey's End, Lake Titikaka, Peru travel blog

Journey's End

A travel blog entry by patagonia2peru

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... to Moquegua as the second, but was much longer as it later branched east taking a flatter route before turning north to Puno. Another gradual uphill between Tacna and Moquegua We narrowed the options to the second and third, so headed out of ...

Last Day in Puno, Puno, Peru travel blog

Last Day in Puno

A travel blog entry by dane

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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 ...

Rock of the Puma, Puno, Peru travel blog

Rock of the Puma

A travel blog entry by dospollos

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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 ...

Puno, Puno, Peru travel blog

Puno

A travel blog entry by dacraic

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... was 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 ...

Floating Islands in Puno, Puno, Peru travel blog

Floating Islands in Puno

A travel blog entry by rickwastaken

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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 ...

Lake Titicaca - world´s highest lake - 23-27 Oct, Puno, Peru travel blog

Lake Titicaca - world´s highest lake - 23-27 Oct

A travel blog entry by samphilpott

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... 2010  Today I am off to Lake Titicaca - the world´s highest lake at just under 4,000 metres I believe. I am visiting the Puno, Peru side but you can also go there via Boliva..which is apparently better? An overnight bus leaving Cusco at 10pm gets ...

The Islands of Lake Titicaca, Puno, Peru travel blog

The Islands of Lake Titicaca

A travel blog entry by dane

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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 ...

Floating Isle of Uros, Uros, Peru travel blog

Floating Isle of Uros

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Today we took a boat out to Uros Island, famous for being a floating island, built entirely out of reeds, which grow abundantly throughout Lake Titicaca. It was very interesting to see how these people lived, and still do today, with some islands ...

Crossed Legs and a Headache, Puno, Peru travel blog

Crossed Legs and a Headache

A travel blog entry by eatdessertfirst

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... rest 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 ...

Lake Titicaca, Puno, Peru travel blog

Lake Titicaca

A travel blog entry by alexndean

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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 ...

Postscript, Lake Titikaka, Peru travel blog

Postscript

A travel blog entry by patagonia2peru

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... be found in Venezuela - at last he has found the heat which we found so elusive! He's from South Africa you know. Patagonia to Peru was an amazing experience for us both. It was so tough, but what a fantastic experience and a privilege to be able to ...

We´ll be back Bolivia - Hello Peru, Puno, Peru travel blog

We´ll be back Bolivia - Hello Peru

A travel blog entry by vickersontour

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... includes 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 ...

A trip across to the reed islands, Puno, Peru travel blog

A trip across to the reed islands

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 ...

Small break at Titicaca Lake, Puno, Peru travel blog

Small break at Titicaca Lake

A travel blog entry by orizarska

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It wasn´t as cold. The flowting icelands are ...

More Stomach bugs and Floating Islands, Puno, Peru travel blog

More Stomach bugs and Floating Islands

A travel blog entry by lizand_rich

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... head out a day later ( she has now fully recoverd so don't worry Min). Eventually, after a very pretty journey we arrived at Puno although we did have to go through one of the most desolate and bleak looking cities in the world that is Juliaca. In Puno ...

On the road to Puno, Puno, Peru travel blog

On the road to Puno

A travel blog entry by erriuc

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Still exploring the fantastic lake, Taquile and Puno, Peru travel blog

Still exploring the fantastic lake

A travel blog entry by emanddave

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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 ...

The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca, Puno, Peru travel blog

The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca

A travel blog entry by myjob

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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, ...

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