Blogs from Puno, Puno, Peru, South America - page 6

Nice bus trip to Puno and visiting of Puno (not very special...).... read more

Hi all, Writing now from Puno. Travelled by bus from Cusco to this higher altitude city our last stop in Peru. I have loved Peru the food is brilliant, people are nice and plenty of cultural activities to do here. My favourite foods would have to be Ceviche and a yellow potato dish that has either chicken or tuna, mayo and advocado in it and us served in a roll sliced cold. YUMMY. Puno is not only high altitude but it has been very cold with a bitter wind blowing through us rather than around. We went by trickshaw this morning to docks on Lake Titicaca and out by boat to floating reed islands. It is amazing how these communities live on these floating islands made up of reeds only 2m deep. Got a gorgeous picture, ... read more

Get ready - this is gonna blow your socks off.................. We get up at about 6:30am to meet Mary, to goto the passport office. 7am South American time now translates to 11am. The streets of Puno are busy with speakers in the town´s squares preparing for today´s 5pm meeting to resolve the problems.......but not another tourist face to be seen. Passport office is closed, Mary persists (South American style) and eventually we enter via the garage and get our stamps. Lunch is soup from a Peruvian restaurant - lovely, and only GBP7 with drinks. Holiday budget is going well, you can´t spend much when you are sat on top of a boat in the middle of a lake, I guess........ Back to hotel and wait to meet Mary at 3:30 for trip to discuss a trip ... read more

Menimme aamulla laivalla kelluville Uros-saarille. Ne saaret tosiaan kelluvat ja niille pitaa lisata jatkuvasti ruokoja, koska ne maatuvat altapain. Paivalla kerkesimme kayda syomassa. Maistoin alpakkaa. Iltapaivalla lahdimme katsomaan Sillustanin hautakumpuja, ja poikkesimme viela paivaravintolassa jalkiruuilla. Menimme ajoissa nukkumaan koska oli luvassa aikainen heratys. Satoi ensimmaista kertaa matkan aikana. Tuli rakeita. ... read more

Paatimme olla taman paivan Punossa ja kierrella kaupungilla ja ostoksilla. Yolla hotellissa lakkasi veden tulo. Aamulla sita tuli jo, mutta vain kylmana. Aamupalan jalkeen kavin paakadulla nostamassa rahaa. Lahdimme sitten yhdessa ostoksille. Kavimme ensin katedraalissa, ostimme sinne ovensuusta kynttilat. Satuimme nakemaan koululaisten urheiluhenkisen kulkueen. Ostin itselleni villapaidan ja lakin, tyttarelleni pontson ja housut. Kavimme syomassa latyt ja palasimme puolen paivan aikaan hotelliin. Ostin paikallislehden lukeakseni lisaa lakosta. Lehdessa oli myos juttu, etta ranskalaiset turistit oli ryostetty maen paalla olevalla nakoalapaikalla. No siita meita oli varoitettu hotellissa. Kavelimme satamaan katsomaan jarvea lyhyesti ja sielta keskusaukiolle. Kiertelimme muutamassa ruokapaikassa, ja paadyimme aukiolla olevaan, josta naki katedraalin. Toisessa paikassa kavimme sitt... read more