Hostal Los Pinos Inn

... with views for many miles to the two Cordillera mountain ranges on either side with snow-capped peaks. We stayed at Hostal Los Pinos in Puno which was nice, a hotel rather than a hostel with a really nice owner and old skool wood panelled rooms ...

... years, last time me and Juliette had dinner in the market stalls because we were scared to walk around with no street lights around the chaotic market. We check in at the Los Pinos Hostal, a very relaxing place with good hot showers. Tomorrow, ...

... who she had met on her trek down this way in 2008, was waiting for us at the bus terminal to take us to his father's hostel, Los Pinos.  The bus driver let us off a few miles away from there but did get us a taxi that drove us there. Unfortunately, ...

... the 8 hours of the busride (instead of 6) we stopped at least 30 times.... Once we arrived in Puno we went ot our hostal en booked a trip to the Uros floating islands and the Taquile island. Afterwards we went to Inca bar to have our dinner. This was the ...

Up early to get my transfer to the port. Got on a nice little motorboat with posh seats. Half an hour out to los Uros (the floating reed islands) which was really nice to visit. Got told about their culture and how they make and live on the islands. Got ...

I have not made much progress on the book I brought to read, but I have watched 6 movies so far in Peru!  Three of those were on the bus ride from Arequipa to Puno.  I have to say, we have gotten better service as far as meals and movies on the ...

After our tour it was a brief stop back in Puno before the bus to Bolivia the next day.  Michael and I decided it was time to taste guinea pig but Ange was having none of it.  Ange was right.  The texture was horrible - very slimy - ...

It was a 6 hour bus journey to Puno, which is a town on the shores of Lake Titicaca.  We were using Puno as a jump off point to go on a tour and get into Bolivia.  There´s not that much to see in the town.  So as soon as we arrived we ...

Our first stop in Peru was Puno - another town, much bigger than Copacabana, on Lake Titicaca. If I´m being honest, Puno is a real dump!! However, the main plazas and street are great to wonder around and have the odd Mojito on!! Puno is all about the ...

I got to the bus station early this morning and the earliest bus going to Puno was Cruz del Sur and they gave me a deal that was 1/2 the price of the cheats in town so I booked it and headed off. The road to Puno is a bitumen road but it is like driving ...

Had a bit of a lie in. Matt went off early for his boat trip. Went to the main plaza with Helen for a late brekkie. I had eggs and bacon! The diet really isnt happening. Watched a parade in the square although not sure what it was about. Helen ...

We took the overnight bus on Friday night to Puno, Peru's main port city on Lake Titicaca.  We timed our trip to coincide with the annual 2-week long festival called the Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria.  Puno is the folklore capital of ...

Bus ride via Turismo San Luis Del ...