Uros Islands

Lake Titicaca - Peruvian Style

---

December 29th 2007
So in Cusco Jore and I got on a night bus to go Lake Titicaca. We were headed straight to Copacabana, a little resort town on the Bolivian side. However, once the bus got to Puno, a city on Lake Titicaca near the border with Bolivia, we realized that Jore’s carry-on backpack was missing! All of Jore’s most important things were in it, including her passport, camera (with Machu Picchu photos ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca

---

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