Casa Andina Private Collection Isla Suasi Puno

... Here we met our local homestay family and were led to our family accommodation. Through pigeon Spanish we were able to communicate. We met most of the family and had an extensive carbohydrate based lunch.<br><br>After the late lunch we went on a hike to the highest point of the island to enjoy the sun setting and a great view of the total island. We then went back to the family for dinner and got dressed up for our "night on the town"!<br ...

... while Celestina made us a delicious dinner. We ate quinoa and vegetable soup (quinoa is an Andean rice cereal &#8211; very good and healthy!) and then a rice, potato and carrot stew. Afterwards we had a hot cup of tea. It was &#8220;Huali Mojsawa&#8221; (the local language is Aymara and this means delicious in Aymara!). We had learned a few Aymara words to say to our families and it came in very handy!<br><br>After dinner Celestina and Tomas brought their local ...

... central plaza along a cobbled pathway which took about 30minutes arriving just before 10am. There seemed more houses here than on Amantani. There were more locals here dressed in costume than we had seen elsewhere. Men, in particular, wore a black jacket and trousers but wore a coloured belt and a coloured hat, the colours significantly indicating their relationship status, so girls, it's easy to spot who is available. If they had red hats and red belts, they were ...

... Incas, it was where the first Inca god rose out of the lake, it has a fascinating history, seeing off many dynasties before the Incas and lies on a ley line which stretches from Argentina down to Machu Picchu.<br>We had a walk around the island and then made our way back to the boat for a 2 hour 40 minute journey back to Puno...<br>I'm gonna take a shower now and then find a nice restaurant.<br>I have a full day here tomorrow - My bus leaves at 10pm for Cusco, then a flight ...

... beds, though I´d say I could have slept on anything at that point!!<br><br>Breakfast was early, as we were to be setting sail back to Puno via the reed island of Lake Titicaca this morning. That said, we had a breakfast of fritters of some kind (maybe corn or quinoa), tean and them we were off. We exchanged a few nice goodbyes with our host family, and I got their mailing address to send a few of the photo we took with then ...

... vegatable stew and even though there was a lot, we both managed to eat it all as we didn´t want to look rude. And then the main course came out and we found out that the stew was not a stew but a soup!!!!!!!! Our faces completely dropped at the thought of more food which we felt we had to eat. Mark did really well and finished his, but only just. I think he was gagging a bit at the end. Well, it was rice, pasta and potato casserole..... a lot of really filling food. I ...

... girl brought me to the party. But in this room with loud peruvian huaino were no people from my boat. I guess as the boat was a collectivo and not a tour the family didnt bring the guests to the party if they dont ask. But as I knew from the party and I asked and had luck...<br><br>the next day I stayed up early because I had in mind to round the whole Island and bring some fotos to my last host family in the "comunidad Incatiana". The people there didnt really know ...

... in het meer en worden bewoond door de Uros die hun eigen taal spreken, het Aymara. Nadat we aanmeren worden we in het Aymara welkom geheten en krijgen we uitleg over hoe de mensen hier leven. De eilanden worden overigens nog met de hand gemaakt evenals de huizen en de boten. Ondanks het feit dat het er allemaal vrij primitief uitziet staan er wel zonnepanelen op sommige huisjes. Deze schijnen kado te zijn gedaan door de regering van Peru. Wat ...

... via Copacabana. <br><br>The floating islands were good, strange feeling under foot when you are walking on them. The people who live there have to keep replacing the reeds in order to keep the island afloat. We went for a ride in a reed boat as well. It´s a tad touristy but good, felt srange peeping into their homes very basic, no electricity. <br><br>Pics to follow soon - it takes about 30 minutes to upload just 5 pics............<br>

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