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Blog: The highest navigable lake in the world
Date: January 13th 2006

Puno and Lake Titicaca

By guest authors Aashild Espedalen and Astrid Diana Oramas. In Arequipa Astrid and I left Robin and Helene behind to study Spanish and travelled on to Puno by Lake Titicaca. The busride took around 6 hours and we arrived late in the afternoon. As Lake Titicaca lies at 3820 meters above sea level we soon noticed shortness of breath as we climbed ... read more







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