Blogs from Puno, Puno, Peru, South America - page 3

We were up early on Friday morning to catch the bus to Puno. Unfortunately it wasn’t private transportation this time and we had to catch a public bus. The bus, however, was a tourist bus so it wasn’t like we had to share with people transporting chickens like my imagination suggested. It was a very nice coach and we had seats right near the middle door. It turned out that rather than just travelling to Puno, we were doing touristy things along the way. I was relaxing, listening to my iPod, when we arrived at the first stop. It was a church in a small town. I didn’t really get what the attraction was, though. Due to my headphones, I missed any information the tour guide gave us on the bus, and inside the church he ... read more

Gestern sind wir um 9 Uhr mit dem Boot zu den schwimmenden Inseln Uros gefahren. Auf einer der Inseln wurde uns die Bauweise der Insel und Häuser erklärt, welche hauptsächlich nur aus Schilf bestehen. Danach wurden wir auf einem traditionellen Boot zur Hauptinsel gebracht. Unterwegs wurde das Boot von Kindern geentert, welche in allen Sprachen jeweils ein Lied mehr schlecht als recht gesungen haben. Am Nachmittag sind wir mit dem Bus zu den perfekt rund gebauten Turmgräber der Inkas „Sillustani“ gefahren. Die Gräber befinden sich auf fast 3900 müm zu oberst auf einem Hügel mit wunderbarer Aussicht in die Umgebung. Auf dem Weg zurück nach Puno haben wir bei einem typischen Bauernhof halt gemacht. Dort durften wir Kartoffel mit einer peruanischen Mayonaise (aus Wasser, Salz und Lehm) sowie Tee, Käse und Brot degustieren. Heute haben wir ... read more

This morning we set off to visit Puno in Peru. We crossed the border in the morning, headed out through all the traffic and made it to Puno just before lunch. Puno is a really nice little town that is on Lake Titicaca. We then went out on a boat to Uros Island. It's not really an island, but a small village built on reeds that float above the water. They also have houses and boats that are also made out of reeds. It is so amazing to see!!!! It is one of my favourite places so far. Then the people on the island welcomed us into their homes and showed us the stuff they were making. After that we tried on their traditional clothing and took funny pictures! We went back to the mainland and ... read more

Luksus togtur - Fra Cusco til Puno ved Titikaka søen, med Peru Rail- Andean Explorer. Det er indtil dato den mest luksuriøse togtur vi nogensinde har været på - det var som taget ud af en Agatha Christi film med swing musik fra 40 erne, 5 stjernet menu og toiletter så fine, at man straks får lyst til at sende DSB et foto. Toget som er bygget i slutningen af 1800 tallet og restaureret således, at det i dag fremstår som dengang, det kun var forbeholdt de meget rige... Der er åben togsalon, hvor man kan sidde at nyde en drink eller bare den fantastiske udsigt - toget kører kun max 60 km i timen, så det er blot en forfriskende brise, at sidde udendørs. Vi passerede smukke landskaber og små landsbyer. Alt i alt, alle ... read more

Dragging ourselves out of bed we head for the train station. Instead of staying in Cusco to recover from the fatigue of our trek we have decided to go up market and ride one of the great train journeys of the world - Cusco to Puno. The cost is $150 per person, but what the hell, we need some pampering after the Inca trail. I have booked the tickets online and have printed them out so no mistake can be made but on presentation to the conductor he informs us that the tickets are for reverse travel - from Puno to Cusco and to make matters worse this leg of the journey is another $100. He whisks us off to the ticket office to see what can be done. The ticket officer informs us that seats ... read more