Hotel Maria Angola Puno

... good fun consisting of a sardonic Aussie, flirty Spanish nurses, an English Shaman, an Israeli Pete Sampras lookalike, an anti Spanish Catalan (who got on just great with the girls from Madrid…), and various other French, Danish and Serb couples. As well as the Greeks. Some of us went out for dinner on our return to Puno and I had my most enjoyable night out so far. Hopefully see some of them again in Cusco next week.

... it, a city. A floating city make of lots of small floating islands. 95, actually : 57 "tourist islands", gathering the money, and 38 "inhabitant islands" (yes the popularity of the floating islands led to over-commercialization). They all are anchored at the same place nowadays, in the "laguna minor", but if needed could move anywhere on the giant lake.<br>Of course the tourist islands sport their load of (expensive) gadgets sellers, but I have to say here at least they are not ...

... any tea can taste ok with enough sugar. Tina and i went out for a walk and stopped for a snack and rest at a bakery. Then went back out to head back to the hotel and suddenly all the lights in the city go out!! We just kinda froze and stood there...like now what do we do! We could barely find the hotel in the day light! There were tons of people out and lots of cars and their headlights were the only light. Tina had a flashlight in her bag ...

... Avoid ´´Titicaca Bolivia´´ bus service in the Puno Bus Terminal. When we get to the bus station for our 1pm bus to Bolivia we were told it left at 7.30am Grrrr. The man who sold us the tickets wasnt there of couse!! We had already paid him S/20 each for Puno to Copacabana(Bolivia) and an extra S/10 each for the Copacobana to La Paz connection and although he had charged us we still had to pay yet another S/10 each for the same connection or they wouldnt put ...

... fellow. John and Juliana are funny and sweet, respectively, and also awesome in that they connected us with their contacts in Puno and Cusco so we could save a good amount of money and also experience it with more wisdom than we had in Cabanaconde. So, enough about logistics, here´s how Puno went down...<br><br>We arrived to Hotel Europa, where we stored a few bags, got to the ATM and ate some bread and butter before a tour guide arrived and ...

... mashed potatoes and a big fat slice of chocolate cake all washed down with a glass of the local vino!. It´s strange how you miss things like mash potato, and how much you appreciate manging them down when you see them. A little slice of the Sunday roast, Peru Style! The food may be slightly more expensive here, but the little bottles of Rum We´re getting through have now gone down to 1 pound twenty a bottle!. Winner Winner, Alpaca Dinner!!

... one thing.<br>Anyhows, back to Puno for about 12.15 and after a quick cuppa and slice of choc cake at a nearby famous Casa, which was gratis, cos they were filming me and a few other travellers in the courtyard - for what I don´t know, but I could end up being a star on Peruvian tv, so I wasn´t complaining, it was time to climb a local viewpoint featuring a giant statue of Manu Capac one of the last Inca emperors, overlooking Puno and Lake Tits, it was time to head ...

... at the Church of St Pedro of Andahuayillas which is known as the "Sistine chapel of South America". It was really beautiful inside with Jesuit murals from the 16th century and huge Dominican canvases. <br><br>We arrived at about 5 and then all headed out for dinner at a really really delicious organic restaurant called Greens which just happened to be next door to the hotel.<br><br>Love to all at home - not long now xx <br>

... Cemetery, but the sky gets covered with black clouds and the cemetery on the shore of the Titicaca is not visible any longer. Nor is the shore of the lake itself, let alone the road back to Puno. <br><br>Somehow I manage to get to the hotel and start hoping tomorrow the weather will be better, as I'm planning to take a boat cruise to the Uros Islands on the Titicaca. And so the snow starts to fall.<br>

... but the <br> teacher would be 20 or 30 minutes late!<br><br> <br><br> We used books provided by the school. The teachers had extra pages with notes <br> on how to conduct the lessons. These lessons didn't take very long to perform. <br> We had so much spare time that we were able to bring in our own improvised subjects <br> and lessons. <br><br> <br><br> Some examples:<br><br> - (We stole this idea from another teacher: ) using the lyrics of ...