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- Lima
- Capital
- Nuevo Sol (PEN)
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- 27,483,864
- Population
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Puno
Travel Blogs from Puno, Peru
Our First Sighting of Lake Titicaca!
... by a lady outside, saying they had formed a line and were all waiting. They must not have realized that this was Peru. Nobody follows lines, especially in a place like the Bolivian consulate. We hadn´t finished the process as fast as we ...
World's highest train ride
This is a top pick! ... After the stop, we descended toward Puno, by sunset we arrived at the shores of Lake Titicaca. After we got our luggage at the Puno station, we followed a local gentleman to a nearby hotel, it was a risky choice in the darkness of Puno, but we had no ...
Floating islands and going back in time
Puno. So this is a city on the Peru side of Lake Titicaca. From Puno we took a two-day trip to the islands on the lake, including ´floating islands´. These are man-made islands constructed of cork-like soil, and layered ...
The islands of lake Titikaka
Hola amigos! Today I'm writing from Puno, on the coast of lake Titikaka which is hanging between Peru and Bolivia. The trip over here began quite badly, when we bought the ticket the ladt told us that the bus will leave at 12. When we got to ...
Lago Titicaca: Islas Uros, Amantani and Taquile
Lake Titicaca, sky blue tranquility at three thousand eight hundred and twenty metres and a bit nippy. Flat calm when we saw it, it is piercingly blue and so massive we both referred to it as the sea by mistake many times. Despite the depth of its ...
Puno and Lake Titicaca
After Lima, we travelled by plane to Puno, on the edge of Lake Titicaca. We spent an afternoon and evening there and then got a really slow boat to some of the reed islands on the lake and then on to an island called Amantani. We stayed the night ...
Ollantaytambo - Cuzco - Puno
... was a pretty church, an interesting ruin and stunning view, but I really was not in the mood. We drove into Puno through some fabulous lightning (which distracted from the informative video about Cuzco's Inti Raymi ceremony which was being inflicted on ...
Ollantaytambo - Cuzco - Puno (cont)
... an early night, I'll leave the telling of my trip around Lake Titicaca, and the man-made floating islands of Uros, and the carless island of Taquille, famous for its knitting, until tomorrow. PRACTICAL STUFF: CUZCO-PUNO CRUZ DEL SUR TOURIST BUS S146, ...
Lake Titicaca
... from the harbour). It had a Mediterranean vibe, tinged with the inevitable scent of the eucalyptus trees introduced to reforest Peru after the Spaniards cut everything down in their search for gold; eucalyptus have the charming side effect of sucking the ...
The Andean Explorer through the Andean Altiplano
... tucked into my three course dinner of pumpkin soup, roast beef and rice pudding)! The journey was amazing. Starting in Puno we climbed about 400m to one of the highest points of the journey at 4,200m and watched life of the Altiplano pass ...
The Singing Conductor
Time to leave Cusco for our next destination, Puno. Puno is in the south of Peru and will be our last Peruvian adventure before we head to Bolivia. Puno sits on Lake Titicaca and is the base for seeing the floating islands - islands made ...
Puno
In Puno stond er ons maar 1 ding te doen: een tour boeken naar 'de floating islands' (Isla de Uros). Deze op-en-top-toeristische uitstap zou onze voormiddag vullen. ‘s Morgens vroeg stapten we in een bootje op weg naar Uros. Daar aangekomen stonden ...
10h ride to the Sacred Valley
... only for the stops, but also for the guide that narrates the journey and answers any other questions one might have about Peru. He told us about the upcoming presidential elections, the candidates, etc. The stop at Racqui was pretty cool! It was a ...
Return to Puno for Hot Shower
... island to 4200m. We are slowly aclimatising to the altitude, as we get closer to our Inca Trail Trek. We then returned to our hotel for a much needed hot shower. It is pouring with rain in Puno, this is the reason we left the UK in ...
Goodbye Bolivia, Hello Peru!
... border and go into the Peruvian office for another stamp. Then we were back on the bus for a few more hours before arriving in Puno, our stop for the night. We all walked down to the market to buy some canned and dry food to bring as gifts for ...
Somewhere in Lake Titicaca
... wider einich e public bus bestige und si 7h nach Puno gfahre. Aber viu hani vo derae Reis nid grad mit uebercho! Puno isch geng no in Peru und ligt am Titicacasee, undes isch um die Jahreszyt zimech chaut da! Am Ziischtig simer wider mau frueh usem Bett ...
Lake Titicaca and Isla Del Sol
Well the Puno part of this is going to be very short...we got in very late. Had a view of the lake from the top of the town before descending to the hotel. Our driver, bless him, took us to the wrong hotel (there are two Casa Andina Classics in town) and ...
Caņa para todas las cosas
... ; there were tuktuks everywhere and the streets were dirty and filled market stalls selling everything from bananas to batteries. It was in Puno that Tom and I parted company with the Great Dane after a very easy bus ride over the border. Then along ...
Puno
... and really the scenery was not much to be desired, shit loads of rubbish, unfinished mud brick homes and 10 billion plastic bags! Puno is situated 3830m above sea level on Lake Titicaca. And i must say the gorgeous colour of the lake stuck out like dogs ...
The Uros Islands on the Lake Titicaca
... the Uros people still live. That was pretty impressive and I´m glad we got to visit those before Simon rushed me out of Peru (attracted by the promise of Cheap Bolivia). Moreover we were lucky to visit the islands on the day of a local wedding, ...
Sick of being Sick
Have been in Puno for 2 days now, which is situated at the beautifull Lago Titicaca (to be pronounced Titihaha' so it doesn't sound like titi shit :-) Unfortunately all I've seen is the hotel we're staying in but I can say it's a nice one. After ...
2 Days on the Island
... rude germans blowing smoke out of the window in front so that it came in our window a tripled the hangover. Anyway we reached Puno yesterday, and found the El Manzano Lodge. A happy go lucky place with bunk beds. We had some fish and ...
Puno, Peru og kulde BRRRRR
... siv. Boernene gaar i skole derude og hele deres verden foregaar derude paa vandet. English: We have crossed the border to Peru. Are now in Puno at the other side of the lake Titicaca. The town is not pretty and look halffinished or like after a big ...
i am a charlie´s angel in disguise...
... annoyed with those who sit at the roadside, as able-bodied and capable as anyone, and beg. Anyway, enough of that, we arrived in Puno, an ugly pimple of a town on the shore of Lake Titicaca - dadada - the highest navigable lake in the world - and a ...
Floating Islands
After a ridiculously easy border crossing we were in Peru. Puno was a quick stop for us. We stayed in a lovely hostel that had a living room and kitchen shared between every few rooms, the hostel was pretty much empty which meant we more or less had a ...
Floating Villages, lake Titicaca
Up with the rain for breakfast. Not the most appealing start to a day on the lake in a boat, but we will continue anyway, we are travelers. The rain had let up by the time we got to the floating islands, made up of reeds stacked up to 3 meters deep. ...
Die Voegelein vom Titicaca See
... dry Andean landscape, only one town and some shallow lagunas. And of course, several herds of alpacas (lama and sheep mixture). Puno is a port-town of the Titicaca Lake though otherwise not very spectacular. As one of our possible appointment, Moritz who ...
The Epic Journey, Cusco to Puno
... , re built a bridge, got stopped and painted on, removed a blockade, reblocked a road, got lost in the dark and eventually got to Puno. Epic. The driver got a pretty decent trip. Poor guy had no idea what he was in for. 2 days later, he had to do the ...
Squishy islands and terrible food...
... victory dance to the tune of that old favorite "I told you so..." it was time to return to dry land again and our hotel in Puno. Thankfully our room was different and although I felt sorry for whoever was stuck in our old one at the top, I was just glad ...