Yoselin, Juanita and Abbey

Lake Titicaca trip

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March 31st 2011
After the 10 hour bus ride to Puno, and the accompanying change in altitude to 3,800 meters, we were startging to second guess the two day excursion on Lake Titicaca, but we sucked it up, repacked bags to travel as light as possible, and set the alarm for 6:30 Tuesday morning to catch a boat tour of Uros, Amantani, and Taquile. Uros I´ll forgive you if reading my description 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