Libertador Hotel Puno

... unique. We calculated that $220USD was about 700soles, and since we recently had a three course meal for 10 soles, that would mean you could feed 70 people for one ticket. A whole trainload of tourists could probably feed a whole town. It’s an extravagance I am sure that is not lost on the Peruvian people who would struggle to earn that amount in a month, and I would bet that the profit from these three times a week journeys doesn’t benefit the locals. To all tourists ...

... had olives in it...thats a new thing for me! <br>From there we got back on the boat and went to the island of Amantani, and we were paired off and given to a local family who we would be staying with for the night. Our family consisted of mother, father, sister 15 and brother 8. The mother came to get us and brought us to her home. We were each given a beanie to wear and suposidly the different designs tell what family you are from. Our room was on the second ...

... kebobs at a restaurant called Tutilani (I think), Matjea and I departed. I bought my bus ticket for Cusco (San Luis) and headed back to Posada Don Giorgio. I was offered the same room with 2 beds and charged 75 soles instead of the usual 90. I watched some cable TV (eNGLISH cnn) after 4 weeks without none. I found myself quickly annoyed and shut it off. I had a quiet restful sleep and awoke ready for my trip to Cusco.

... sorry so no stories from that angle... On the way home I slipped over in the mud from the earlier rain but the strangest thing happened - I didn´t get any dirt on Isabellas bright clothes, or on mine underneath. Now I know how their clothes always look so clean here, they have magic dirt!! <br><br>The next morning we were up early to travel onto another island - Tequile Island, about one hour away. Out here the water is crystal clear and ...

... way up to the fiesta hall through rocky lanes in the pitch dark where we were to meet with all the other fellow Gringo adoptees for a bit of a knees up. The local shop had been transformed like an A-Team job into an impromptu dance hall and a young Andean band were beating out their rythms of panipe and spanish guitar like a tribal dancehall. I was sweating profusely from the climb up the hill and felling like a proper t**t when we arrived but was dragged straight into a circle ...

... walking on a mattress. <br><br>Only 8 families live on each island and if they have a disagreement, they can cut the island in half and float away! Also, if they don´t like their neighbors, they can pull up anchor and float to a different area. Took a ride in a traditional reed double-decker boat to another nearby floating island.<br><br>Next, a three hour cruise to Isla Amantani (2nd largest island in Lake Titicaca). We ...

... wear round hats perched on the tops of their heads.<br>We wandered for a while through a very extensive market, where everythign was sold, from 50 kg bags of rice to glue guns to china dishes to perfumed vaseline. Then we sat on the lake for a bit, and enjoyed being near a big body of water again, it´s been a while. <br><br>And that´s about it. Tomorrow we´re heading on to La Paz, and then to Potosi! Should be exiciting.<br><br>xoxox Em

We started our 2-day boat trip on Lake Titticaca. We visited the man-made Uros Islands that are made from reeds. <br><br>Then we went to the Ayamara island where we met our host family that we stayed with for the night.<br>The family made us quinoa soup for lunch with goat cheese over rice. <br><br>We had a great fiesta at night, wearing the traditional clothing of the ...

... we found a nice restaurant. However the food turned out to be pretty awful and the cheese in the burgers were about an inch thick and tasted of plastic (even Slinny wouldn&#8217;t have liked it!!) so we went for an ice cream afterwards which was yum.<br><br><br>The following day we got up early for a trip across Lake Titicaca. We travelled for about 20 minutes on the boat to the floating Islands and stopped off ...