Puno and Lake Titicaca.

After a short bus ride across the Altiplano, we arrived in Puno. An enterprising guy travelling on the bus offered us some cheap accommodation that we took up. Puno is a nice little town with the obigatory town square, church and main drag.

We decided to head out onto the Lake the day after we arrived and stay overnight on one of the big islands. The first stop on the tour was the floating islands, where indigenous people ran around trying to get us to buy things and go on reed boat trips for cash. Very weird experience that was too touristy for my liking. We went on to Amantani Island which is the second biggest of the lake. We stayed with a family, which was pretty cool. Played soccer with the kids from the island which nearly killed me for lack of Oxygen. Our ´Mama´ was sweet and really helpful. We got dressed up to go dancing that night, and Tash was a little annoyed that she kept asking me to dance. I bought a beanie from her that she both spun the wool for and knitted. Beats any mass produced thing. We then went by Taquile Island before heading back to Puno. A nice little place where the men knit the hats.


From Puno we added another stamp on the passport as we entered Bolivia. First stop Copacabana. Not quite the Brazilian beach. Headed on the slowest boat in history to Isla del Sol. Inka cultural birthplace, birthplace of the sun. Not much left of that now but was nice to walk. Stayed the night in a little place that cost us 12 dollars for a view of snow capped mountains across the water. Heard about a nice place to stay in Copacabana and was really disappointed when we had to take the exclusive honeymoon suite as it was the only room they had left! Ate a chocolate fondue. Played cards from the hammock overlooking the lake from our perrrrsonal balconnnnny. This travelling gig is hard.