We are now in PUNO

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I took the day off today to do some laundry, change some money, shop for some beautiful knitware in Puno, and finally upload some photos.

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Photos

jugs at a pisco sour factory
everybody loves a pisco sour, invented here in the town of pisco. pisco is made from distilled wine and the sours are mixed with lime juice and egg white.

Carmen en la playa
we spent the night at a remote resort on the south coast, before heading up, up,up to arequipa

betsy en la playa
same resort, same beach

amazing beaches on the south coast
wide expanses of desolate beaches and huge sand dunes...the surfing would be great here!

ruins on the beach
pre incan ruins near the resort on the beach

arequipa with andes in background
arequipa is inland at about 7,500 feet. reminds me of Granada, Spain.

old church in arequipa
note the jaguar head

carmen and betsy with andes in back
outside of arequipa

wild vicunas
in a preserve on the way to puno

woman with alpaca baby
on the road to puno

where i bought a wool throw
what a beautiful day this was on the road to puno...all the knitware is made by hand and it´s all made of alpaca

lake titicaca
port at puno on lake titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world.

church square in puno
we´ll be leaving tomorrow for cuzco