Hotel El Lago Puno

... puis a 14h pour Copacana. Arrivee au bord du lac a 18h. On trouve un hotel tres sympa - chez Sonia. A recommender tant la gentillesse de son hote est agréable.

On cherche un resto desperement - la fin nous tiraille. On ne se sent pas bien. Flore a la turista.
Truite au menu - spécialité du lac.
Ca passe difficilement et ne tardera pas a me mettre dans le meme etat que Flore. Retour a l´hotel. Vomissements, no comment! Dur dur dur.

Samedi 28 ...

... how the islands are made and how the people live. The people used to live from the hunting for fish and birds. For other products they went to the markets in the city where they traded fish for grains and vegetables. After the explanation of our guide we could walk around the island. First we could visit a house from one of the people who live there. Afterwards they took us to a market where we could -or must- by some souvenirs. The people there don't get any money from the tour ...

... bar which had two-for-one mojitos so we all had a merry night.

The following day we went on a two-day excursion into the Colca Valley. Leaving town we could see the volcanoes of Chachani and El Misti behind the city. During the drive to Chivay, we had a laugh at some of the bottled water brands we had bought - Pukio and Sogay. On the way we spotted our first vicunas near Imata – they are animals related to llamas and alpacas but they are tan and white and wild, whereas the ...

... the hill to watch the sunset before having dinner and then getting dressed up in local clothes for the evening dance, we all looked pretty ridiculous but the girls got he worst of it because the very full skirts are not the most flattering. I really enjoyed the whole experience and it was a lot more authentic than I expected, our Mama and Papa were absolutely lovely and really friendly - we left with their address and promised to post them ...

... inquisitively through windows, it was their entertainment too. For 2 hours we danced, sometimes independently, twirling dizzily, and sometimes in a large hand holding circle. I danced once with Niamh and later she said she needed to dance with people her own age. Was it my dancing I thought? The altitude certainly made the dancing very exhaustive and we had had enough before the fun was over about 10pm. We retired to our room, washed in the moonlight and fell quickly into sleep.

... table with chairs sat in the middle. The floors consisted of packed dirt and guinea pigs ran about our feet. We had a simple lunch of quinoa soup with potatoes and a salad of lettuce, tomato and small varied potatoes (did I mention that Peru has over 400 varieties of potatoes??). I was a little wary about eating the lettuce and tomato, but Silveria assured us that they were bought from Puno, washed and indeed the tomatoes were ...

Breakfast cost us S/24 (approx AUD$10) for freshly blended juices, pancakes and a coffee each! Very good value.

I head to the Puno post office to send one package home to Australia and it took the lady one whole hour to do this!! There was only one other person waiting and they waited for an hour also!! Although in Cusco I sent a package home and although it was at least 5 times as heavy, it cost the same amount to send, and only took 10 minutes.
Puno, Puno, Peru tlgaustralia

... low season in January, where our boat carried the only visitors to the island at this time of disembarkation. We all split up in twos or threes; my friend Zerlene and I were led by our host and one of her young daughters with sunburnt cheeks to their home. It was a modest complex, with one small building for the family, another one for guests, and a separate kitchen/dining area. After showing us our room for the night, they prepared us a ...