Casona Plaza Puno

... chips and salad for 15 soles. I was very tempted to change our minds. <br><br>After lunch we headed down to our boat that was now moored below us and we headed back towards Puno, leaving Taquille about 1pm. Ruben, our guide got the boat captain to stop about 10 minutes out and invited anyway who wished to swim. It was too good an opportunity, the sun had heated us up and without a shower yesterday, a cool fresh dip was extremely tempting. We had forgotten our swimmers so ...

... 5 or 6 condors cruising in the thermals and flying really close overhead. A truely spectacular sight. The hike itself involved a day hiking down to the bottom of the Canyon then hiking around the canyon bottom on the second day and the hike back up on the last day. It is not a hike I would recommend to anyone with a fear of heights as the trail runs along the edge often with shear ...

... shortly after, there was a pool and grass to lie on. It was nice. I enjoyed the sun while it lasted and then enjoyed a good dinner and bon fire. The next morning was a 5 am wake-up so I headed off to bed pretty early.<br><br>At 6am we were ready to leave and headed off for our uphill hike. The hike was going pretty good because there were no stairs in the beginning. Once the stairs kicked in everything go a bit more difficult for me. The hike was ...

... off one of my bags (Rick Steeves Carryon Bag) to the luggage storage for safe keeping since I didn't need it until I go back to Canada. It was right next to the meeting area of domestic flights.<br><br>Grabbed some dinner and then took a taxi to the bus station and found out that it was closed and I didn't want to stay as there were hookers hanging around the station. So he dropped me off at a Hotel (edit for the ...

... bus was full or I might have missed my stop and go all the way to Lima :)<br><br>My last thoughts of my bus ride with Ormeno: Would I do again? No, I would pick a better bus company that has a heater. The seats were very comfortable and the driver was pretty good since I slept on a bus which I usually can't do.<br><br>I was a bit scared catching a taxi at this crazy hour. I was a bit worried but the taxi ...

... hes been the best guide in the world and took my brother and i out for drinks tonight. apparently were all `loco´ to him, i guess you could call us the crazy canucks. pisco sours have become the favoured drink by all of us, damn tasty drank i must say. one thing that caught me by surprise was that there friggin´penguins here!!! on a boast trip around some island we saw PENGUINS!! random, i know. i know y´all are gonna be ...