Mosoq Inn Puno

... are married, if it is a half white/half red patterned hat it means they are not married and how they wear the pom-pom on the hat means they are available and looking, or they are still very young, or if they wear the pom-pom at the back it means "I'm busy and not looking". Very funny! And the women pick the men for marriage. The whole island is very traditional, they don’t believe in land ownership so they all own the land and take turns doing different jobs on ...

... in my little crib.<br><br>This morning we left around 8am bound for the Unos Islands - floating reed islands. We had about an hour there and then headed back to Puno.<br><br>Tomorrow we have a 8+ hour bus trip to La Paz and then I will be winging my way home the day following!!<br><br>Hope all is well in Kiwiland. Very much looking forward to seeing you all very shortly.<br><br>Much love,<br><br>Frani-G<br><br>

... sleep a wink, getting into Puno about 5 am, I was supposed to be met by a Senora Tereza - She was'nt there and no-one knew her !! I waited for an hour and got a taxi to my hostel - San Antonio - no reservation made.. Now I was getting worried.<br>I had booked this trip in a travel agents in Cusco, the return bus journey, the accomodation and the trip on titicaca, the whole thing cost me less than 60 quid !!! The problem was I only had a ticket for the bus !!! But,as usual ...

... and another poker lesson from Ben), we explored Puno a little bit more, a town that although we liked did not have much to do. So we headed back our apartment&#8230;<br>There we spent the arvo watching a dvd and trying to update about 5 entries of this blog, man it takes a long time! We were lucky to be inside too as a huge thunder and lightening storm started about 5pm until late into the night so it was nice to know we didnt have to go out in that...<br>

... We were then dressed in traditional garb (Mollie, an enormous multi-layered dress, and myself a poncho, both dawning their handmade Chullo caps) and led up to a building where some high school kids were playing folkloric tunes, and played quite well, as we were tossed around to the traditional dances of the Amantani people. After an hour or so, we made our exit and slept as best we could through Lago Titi hha hah´s subzero night.<br><br>Mollies ...

... been originally constructed by locals trying to flee the Inca conquerors, disappearing into the reeds and living from hunting birds and fishing. Today they are mostly a tourist attraction but people still live there in reasonable numbers, though the young are leaving to work in the city. The island we visited had 3 families on it. It was about 30m by 20m, made entirely from reed, and was about 2 metres thick. It is anchored to the lake bed (20m below) by ...

... we had over slept we enjoyed breakfast and then settled into the journey. The journey runs from Cusco all the way to Lake Titicaca and Puno. <br><br>We drew through little villages on the way, criss-crossing the Huatanay River and always in the shadow of the Andes. The journey flew past as we were indulged with drink (pisco Sours), a three course meal, lunch a fashion show plus Peruvian bands ...

... ce soit si touristique, ca fait un peu bete de foire, petite balade en barque de jonc. a ce moment la, olga ns dit de manger maintenant car apparement pas possible sur amantani, alors 1er repas a 10h30.<br>reprise de bateau pour 3 h de flotte, direction l'ile amantani, debarquement et montee a pattes (aucun vehicule sur lile) chez la maman dolga qui ns attend avec un bon repas, ce ...

Puno celebrated the Assumption of Mary today with processions and a festival. While the Puno´s Catherdral cannot compete with Europe´s it is still a grand church. Completed in 1757 it is showing some wear on the outside but the inside is in good shape. If you are in city center Puno you should stop by and take a look. For Catholic´s old enough to remember ...

... br> us for a month already I was able to make most of them feel comfortable, especially <br> by saying that I had been paying attention to their performance in class and <br> that it would not be a "photograph" of just this one moment. <br><br> Some students had hardly ever shown up for class and failed the written test, <br> which meant they had to redo this one month block... some of their parents contacted <br> the headmaster in a fury ...