Uros

The lake with the funny name and being American

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August 17th 2008
From Puno I visited some islands in the middle of Lake Titicaca. We left in the morning to these crazy islands made out of reeds. It was really neat but some of us didn't believe that the islands were real. It did almost feel like Disneyland but apparently these people had been living like this since Inca time when they sought isolation and retreated to the lake. After the Floating Islands of ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca

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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