Blogs from Uros Island, Lake Titicaca , Puno, Peru, South America

Post breakfast we were picked up at our hostal by a van that took us to the boat dock. Our tour was the longest offered out of Puno. 2 days in which we would visit the Uros Islands and Amantani Islands (where we would stay with a host family) on the first day and Taquile Island on the second. The Uros Islands are about an hour boat ride from Puno, then 3.5ish hours to Amantani, 3ish hours to Taquile and 3ish hours back to Puno...although the boat was extremely slow so it wasn´t really that far between islands. There were about 10 tourists on the trip, which unfortunately included a bratty British mom and the most bratty little kid we have ever been around. We spent the whole time trying to avoid them, they were awful. ... read more

In transit to our next destinations, Julia Anna and I stopped in Puno to check out Lake Titicaca (Pronounced Teeteehaha) which is at the border of Peru and Bolivia. I had to make a decision on whether I wanted to visit the Jungle or visit Lake Titicaca and Arequipa. Prior to my arrival in Peru I was already a little anxious to pay the Jungle a visit, the following reasons being; I´m terrified of creepy crawlers and snakes that have the capability of biting me with toxic venom ISH! Another reason being that I always happen to come across someone with a horror story from the Jungle, For example: About a month ago there were two travelers floating down the river in the Jungle, when natives happened to spot them and naturally assumed that they had ... read more

We had great fun riding in a TukTuk to the jetty to catch our boat which was going to be our transport for the next 2 days. Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,800 m above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world. By volume of water, it is also the largest lake in South America. Five major rivers systems feed into Lake Titicaca. In order of their relative flow volumes these are Ramis, Coata, Ilave, Huancané, and Suchez. More than 20 other smaller streams empty into Titicaca, and the lake has 41 islands, some of which are densely populated. Since 2000 Lake Titicaca has experienced constantly receding water levels. Between April and November 2009 alone the water level has sunk by ... read more

PUNO, una ciudad casi entre las nubes, a más de 3880 mts nm. Llegué a esta cuidad, y mi primer destino fue el Lago Titicaca, son su color sorprendente, una temperatura super fría, navegamos por una hora y media para luego llegar a la ISLA DE UROS, son islas flotantes muy pequeñas, donde viven alrededor de 4 o 5 familias como máximo, su idioma es el AYMARA, lucen ropa muy colorida. Una curiosidad, las mujeres usan pompones en sus cabellos, de colores las solteras y negros las casadas. También hablan el español, lo necesitan para cuando van a la ciudad. Recaudan de la venta de sus telas a los turistas. Consumen mucho pescado. Utilizan energía solar, tienen paneles solares para generar energía en sus casas. Sus botes son hechos y tejidos a manos. Durante el día ... read more