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| Misti from high up on the Plateau above 4000m |
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| Waiting for our connection to Puno, basically the next bus that can along |
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| Puno |
Puno (3800m)is the normal entry to Lake
Titicaca is a days bus ride from Cusco. Central Puno’s busy, narrow
streets caters well for tourists. Ferries leave from the dock around
8am for tours of the Lake and its islands and although many hotels in
town offer these tours, but it is easy to organise them directly with
the cooperatives from the island communities at the dock. Typical
tours visit the unique reed islands of Uros on the way to Amanati
where on arrival you are allocated to a family who accommodates you
for the night. You then have the afternoon to explore the island and
climb up to the summit for fantastic views over the island and across
the lake to the mountains of Bolivia. The next day the ferry takes
you to visit the island of Taquille before heading back to Puno.
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| Heading out from Puno on a channel through the reeds |
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| Arriving at one of the floating reed islands of Uros |
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| A model to show the construction of the reed islands. Bails of reeds are anchored to the bottom with long wooden stakes |
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| En route to Anamanti |
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| We stayed at the family of our boat captain. Our room was up the stairs on the right |
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| Peruvian hobbiton, complete with minature donkeys, sheep and old men and ladies |
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