Santa Maria Hotel Puno

... (which are slowing gaining more and more weight) and jumped into a moto-taxi to a hostel recommended by Lonely Planet, Santa Maria Guesthouse.  A moto-taxi is basically a crappy motorcycle with a little plastic seat and tarp on the back, on which you ...

... Einzelunterricht wie im Fluge vorbei. Nachmittags erkunden wir meistens die sehr schoene Stadt. Besonders hat uns das Museo de Santa Maria gefallen. Dort lernt man einiges ueber die Inca-Kultur und kann Eis-Mumien von geopferten Kindern besichtigen. ...

... a few locally made guitars, and allowed myself to take things at a slower pace -- watching a bit of TV at the hotel (Santa Maria, LP recommended, really friendly staff) and chowing down at a chifa. Then, suddenly, it hit me -- this was my last night ...

... from Puno, on the Peruvian side of the lake, the largest of about 40 islands and the main destination is the ialand of Santa Marķa. See map showing location of Uros islands and Taquile island off Puno, Peru. These floating islands are the home of the Uros ...

... left the homestays, filled up on a breakfast of pancakes and chocolate sauce, really nice, and headed back to Puno. We stopped off at the Santa Maria floating islands. These did exactly what they said on the tin! Made from floating peat beds that are ...