Amantani Dance

Island Night Vision

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February 8th 2009
Next stop, Puno, Peru! Puno is a fishing village in southern Peru on Lake Titicaca which is the highest navigable waterway in the world at over 12,000 ft! It was a 6 hour ride from cusco and was a pretty mild trip. We spent a day walking the city and had a late dinner on crowded cobblestone streets which came to life after dark. The next morning at 6 we left for a 2-day island tour of lake tit ... 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