Maria Angola Inn Puno

... find Tinajani. Uncharted by any map, and certainly not in any tourist guidebook, Tinajani Valley is shrouded in mystery. We first heard of the sacred valley from Max´s aunt who had spent time with a man who had lived alone in the valley for 125 years. When we began inquiring to locals about its location and ammenaties, we got a different story from everyone we asked. However, every account of was uniform in one respect: Tinajani is a place of magic. It became ...

... dozen or so amazed onloookers and ride on, unaware of the rib to parked motorbike slow motion collision that must of looked ridiculous to everyone else. sell and steve did well to hold back their laughter.

2) the "head over hills for you" fall - downhills that is. any cyclist who doesn't appreciate a good down hill is completely nuts if you ask me. depending on the conditions some are obviously better than others, but after over 3,000 meters of climbing, you're gonna at least ...

... ubieraja sie w swoje tradycyjne stroje. Na tej wyspie narzeczeni zanim sie pobiora mieszkaja 2 lata ze soba przed slubem. Nie zawsze zamieszkanie ze soba konczy sie slubem. Mezowie zamiast obraczki nosza inny rodzaj plecionego pasa niz przed slubem. Mezczyzni nosza rowniez inne rodzaje czapek zalezy od stanu cywilnego i pozycji spolecznej. Kobiety zajmuja sie przedzeniem a mezczyzni robia na drutach.

Poniewaz wyspa jest gora wystajaca z jeziora a ...

... as there was nobody else on the trail and we saw some exotic birds that hadn’t been disturbed by other hikers. The ruins were similar to ones we’d seen previously, mostly consisting of agricultural terraces, however the fact that there was only one other person there and we could see the whole valley made it one of the more spectacular sites we’ve visited. We found a good spot to sit looking out and took in the view for ages, before finally following the trail down to the ...

Lake Titicaca sits on the border of Peru and Bolivia, and is at 3,812 meters above sea level, making it one of the highest navigable lakes in the world. Apparently it needs to be seen from both sides, so we started from the Peruvian side in a town called Puno. Puno is about a 6 hour bus ride from Arequipa. There was an Irish couple, an American guy, and a kiwi guy all heading there from Arequipa so we went together, the first time we'd met people to travel with. They ...

... in my little crib.

This morning we left around 8am bound for the Unos Islands - floating reed islands. We had about an hour there and then headed back to Puno.

Tomorrow we have a 8+ hour bus trip to La Paz and then I will be winging my way home the day following!!

Hope all is well in Kiwiland. Very much looking forward to seeing you all very shortly.

Much love,

Frani-G

... just a simple room with twin beds and a table reminded me of the seven dwarfs house because the door was so small and the roof low! We dropped off our stuff then met up with the rest of the group to have a walk around. We went to the plaza and took some pictures of some children, Tina gave one girl an M&M, she brought it back to the other girls, they each took a small bite, one made a face, spit it out, then must have thought it wasn´t that bad and she ...

... to determine that Peruvians have a good sense of humour.

The first stop on the trip was Uros Island and it took maybe an hour to get out there through a channel through the reeds. The water is still and murky, greenish in places possibly from the reeds which grow maybe 1.5 - 2m above the water level. I find the story of Uros fascinating because there are so many intriguing things about it - Uros is actually a group of reed islands ...

... Mark!!! I played as well and we had a great time, but because the altitude was so high we were having trouble breathing at the end.

After the game we went back to our family (by the way everyone else stayed in houses near the pitch, ours was about half a mile up a really steep hill!!!) Anyway, the family called us in to their tiny kitchen to have dinner. The kitchen had a little stove in the corner and the grandma sat by it and dished up the food. We had a ...

... a bed - also made of reeds. The island had received some solar panels from a donation and the husband was so excited to show Brian his lightblub. While in their home they showed us some handmade goods that they both had made. Being so impressed we ended up buying way too many things from them but it was worth it has they are really well made and haven´t seen anything like them around. They even gave us gifts for being guests in ...