South America Vacation

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Island adventures





Puno is a little city close to the border of Bolivia and is right on lake Titicaca, at 3800 meters. Really really high! So i spent two nights in the city and got to see an amazing parade of peruvian dancers. I than took off for an island excursion. We visited 3 islands and stayed with a peruvian family over night. The fist islands were the famous floating reed islands. They were amazing and the people were so nice. We even got to have a taste sample of the reed, which is part of their daily diet. Not as good as you may think! The second two islands were beautiful, with breathtaking views of the lake. We did quite a bit of hiking, and it is definitely hard at this altitiude. The homestay family dressed us up in their clothing (yes, i know I look ridiculous!) and made us dance to tradition music. This is also not such an easy task at about 4000 meters above sea level...but definitely a great time. After puno I spent hours on a bus and crossed the border to Bolivia....now I am in La Paz, and waiting to bike ride the world´s most dangerous road (AKA road of death) tommarow....:)

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