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So this is what 11,500 feet above sea level feels
like.
Not so bad actually. Lake Titicaca is beautiful. We visited the Uros floating islands and the island Taquile. The Uros people were very welcoming. It was a full day to get to Taquile Island and back. If we had just visited the Uros the trip would have taken 4 hours. The Uros sell crafts most of which they make themselves. 50-100 …
Train to Puno and Lake Titicaca
Freshwater_trip stayed here on Apr 11, 2009 during their trip titled: South America here we come!!.
Titi-whah?? We've been deceived!
We KNEW it was too good to be true. It turns out that the correct pronunciation of 'Titicaca' is actually 'tih-tee-ha-ha.' Sure, that's still fun to say, but doesn't hold a candle to 'tih-tee-ca-ca.' Sigh. Jason and I spent a very memorable couple of days visiting Lake Titicaca. We had heard that there wasn't much to see in Puno (it's really just a …
The journey to Puno
5am alarm goes off, have another 10 minutes, shower, pack, get breakfast, check out and a taxi to the bus depot by 7am. Our bus was modern and comfortable and we set off at 7:30am. There were 5 stops on route and it wasn't long before we were at the first, Andahuaylillas, which was an old Inca religious site. Second was the little town of Raqchi …
The amazing Lake Titticaca
Yet another 5am alarm, have another 10 minutes, shower, pack the day packs, get breakfast and await our lift to the Lake at 6.45am. We sat in reception waiting on the driver and a person arrived asking for Bennett - so we didn't respond. After a few minutes of repeated asking we checked what trip it was and it was ours. Through the various email …