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Thought we had done breathless!
Off to Uros and Amantani Island on Lake Titicaca.
24 tourists with a guide on a smallish vessel.
Uros are the floating reed islands near the shore of Lake Titicaca near Puno. Fascinating place - a thick layer of reeds in the water which produce a living surface about 1 m above the water, solid enough to walk on. The surface moved with waves …
Island living
While in Puno, we went to stay on an Island on Lake Titicaca called Amanati. It was definitely an experience from start to finish. The boat was an adventure in itself, the lake was quite rough and the little boat was tossed from side to side, at times i thought we would tip altogether! Then the engine cut out and the captain dude was running up and …
Highest Navigable Lake
After climbing out of the canyon, we hopped on yet another bus to get to Lake Titicaca in Puno. Lake Titicaca is considered the highest navigable lake in the world (by big boats) at 12,464 feet (approx 4000m). The obvious question is, "How big are those big boats?" The answer given is "Bigger than those little rubber rafts that you weenies haul to …
Lake Titikaka and the Floating Islands!!
Still sick today but had a wonderful tour of the floating islands. It was one of the most fascinating things I have ever seen!
My group visited the floating island of San Miguel. There are 45 floating islands and tourists are taken to visit islands on an alternating basis. The islanders believe in sharing so they take turns hosting tourists …
Our new families from Amantani Island
Since we last wrote Leigh recovered from her tonsillitus in Fiji with antibiotics and McDonalds then we stayed in Nadi for the rest of our time in Fiji. While we were there we rode horses on the beach - which looked so frail and old as if they´d collapse under human weight - and got a lovely beans on toast breakfast from our hotel chef who went out …
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