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Solid ground floating?? Naaah....but it is true señor!

September 12th 2007
A brief stop in Puno on my race against time from La Paz-Lima by bus to catch my flight to Ecuador on the 14th. Totally worth it though, since Jess and I managed to catch a quick tour to the Uros Islands, this loco (crazy) concept: a bunch of islands that float around in the massive Lake Titicaca, the huge body of water that straddles the Peru-Bolivia border. It´s not quite as primitive as you ... read more
South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca » Uros Island

Peruvian Flag Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more
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