Amy sharing some photos with girls from Uros Island

LAKE TITICACA

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December 8th 2009
Our tour bus picked us up at 7.00am and we headed off with a group of other tourists to join a boat tour of Lake Titicaca and the islands within it on the Peruvian side. First we visited the floating islands of the Uros people. It was a fascinating experience to walk on the manmade islands. The islands were made of reeds and they were soft and spongy to walk on. You felt like you might go throu ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno

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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