Hotel Franci's Puno

Tacna 305 Puno, Peru

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The Andean Explorer

A travel blog entry by eliswift4

43

... the train and bus are equally as comfortable so we were led to believe that paying for the train ride would be a complete waste of money. Luckily, though, Jon had watched an Anthony Bourdain episode where he took the Andean Explorer and said it was an amazing experience. And since both of us really enjoy train travel and didn't exactly enjoy the double decker bus experience on windy ...

The Lake with the Funny Name

A travel blog entry by eliswift4

79

... Jon and I hired a guide and a driver (without our hostel’s help of course) to take us around to some of the towns along the South shore of the lake by the Bolivian border. This was actually quite a good time as our guide was friendly and knowledgeable. First of all, he stopped at a small reed museum where we learned about how to make boats from reeds and a little of the history of the area. We also stopped at some local people’s ...

Idiot Abroad 2

A travel blog entry by sim_and_mike

5

We left Puno heading for our homestay on the shores of Lake Titicaca. We headed for our boat via cycle-taxi, then took our boat to visit the floating islands of Lake Titicaca - where we bought another rug! We got into the local dress code as always which was fun. The people live on islands made of reeds, and have to keep stacking up the reeds every two months to prevent the island ...

Mother Balaria´s House

A travel blog entry by becca_john2011

7th of December

We spent most of the day on the truck travelling to Puno. Puno is the main town to access Lake Titicaca on the Peru side of the lake. Lake Titicaca is the worlds largest highest altitude lake and many people inhabit the islands across the lake.

Our first views of Lake Titicaca demonstrated the sheer size of the lake as it looked like the ocean, it had a tide and it was a very deep blue.

In the evening, we went for ...

Puno & Lake Titicaca

A travel blog entry by esteban.y.inga

21

... het klinkt niet zo smakelijk, maar het is echt wel heerlijk!Tuna: De vruchten van bepaalde cactussoorten. Je kan ze krijgen in alle kleuren. Heel fris en sappig.Bij toeval passeerden we ook voorbij het busstation, dus konden we onze trip voor de volgende dag (naar La Paz, Bolivië) ook al boeken. De rest van de namiddag rustten we een beetje, en gebruikten we om onze blog nog eens helemaal up to date te brengen (daar kruipt meer werk in dan je denkt! :-) ). ...

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