Hostal Qoniwasi Puno
Av La Torre 135 Puno, Peru
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Puno and Lake Titicaca
Day 20 January 23 - I wake early again. Share a taxi with a couple from Leeds to the bus station. We are going to different bus stations, so they pay the first fare, but little did we know, my bus terminal was 10 seconds further up the road. I was unable to spot them to give them a few soles. Had 30 mins to kill, so tried to sort out an issue with …
Goodbye Jac & Neil :(
After getting back to Cusco from the Inca Trail, Bill and I checked into a much more upmarket hotel than we normally stay in, as a present from my lovely parents. It was sooooo wonderful to have a bath, and to have a nice room with quality beds and furnishings and a TV. A big novelty was being allowed to put the toilet paper down the toilet! The …
There are more advanced people on reed islands!
Ok, so the reed Islands just off Puno have solar power, TV and an anchor. This is better than a lot of homes in London. What the hell are they needing tourists for.
On the boat there were two deaf Isreali guys, who were nuts. The one a footballer for the Isreali deaf team kept calling his mate gay as he did not play. Then when at the …
Virgen de la Candelaria folk dance contest in Puno
So I didn't make it to Oruro in Bolivia in time for the La Diablada festival. Instead, I made my base in Puno for a few days, from where I could explore the famous floating islands on Lake Titicaca (the highest altitude navigable lake in the world), and attend the Virgen de la Candelaria folk dance contest. In the end, it turned out to be a …
Familienaufenthalt
In Puno gibt es die berühmten schwimmenden Inseln auf dem Titicacasee. Wir besuchten die Inseln im Rahmen eines Privataufenthaltes bei einer vierköpfigen Familie. Juan und seine Frau Elsa nahmen uns für 1 Tag und 1 Nacht auf ihrer eigenen kleinen (ca. 300m²) Insel auf. Während die Kinder in der Schule in Puno waren (Schulweg täglich 2h Rudern), …


