http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Puno en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 02:48:58 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:48:58 +0000 We lovingly left La Paz early in the morning bound for the town of Copacobana situated on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca the worlds largest high altitude lake. The lake itself is over 8400 sq km the size of a very small country or a very large city which ever way you look at it. During the 3 hour journey we had views of the lake for 75 of the time and we could see the extent of its vastnes http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/blog-783995.html Photos posts to come if possible... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/blog-783729.html Another 600 metres or so higher than Cusco altitude sickness again dogs Lesia but to a lesser extent. Top front seats in the bus afforded great views of the Andes country side and Lake Titicaca on arrival to Puno. Our fast boat tour of the lake and Uros floating reed islands was good very touristy but good. The native people there reminded us strongly of the Hammong mountain people of North Vie http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/blog-783453.html Hi we are now all in the Sacred Valley of the Incas but it was not an easy task to get out of Bolivia and into Peru below is a bit from me Gerardo and Howard...enjoy.Getting out of Bolivia was a mission for everyone as protesters had blocked the road they let the motos through but not me in the chase truck......so I had to return to LaPaz and take another border crossing that I had never do http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/blog-778775.html Travel SurprisesSpongy walks on floating islands mythical Lake Titicaca a wild ride to an archaeological site the infamous Bolivian protest blockade the kindness of strangers and a meeting with a TravelbloggerPuno wasn39t as boring as I thought it would be.I was in Bolivia and had planned to stay until my visa expired. However a message from a Travelblog friend changed my plans and I w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Puno/blog-777207.html Although this blog is centered around Lake Titicaca I have to back up a bit and ease into it. I flew from Cusco to Juliaca yesterday and had an hour taxi ride to Puno where I am staying. The flight was nondescript but the views from the window were far from it. We flew over snow covered mountains and once we reached our final descent and I had to put my camera away there were the most incredib http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/blog-775345.html Monday 14113 Realising we had a border crossing to attempt today we rose early and hit the road. We headed south towards the well signed frontier. With no customs or immigration office on the Ecuadorian side we rode about 4kms into Peru and stopped at their immigration building which turned out to also be the Ecuador immigration building. We were told that we must have ridden past Ecuado http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/Uros-Island/blog-773228.html After spending a few days recovering in Arequipa I embarked upon a journey that even a logistics manager would probably be proud of. For Air Europa39s incompetent luggage service it was the stuff of dreams. Over 25 hours and 850 miles of bus riding in three days plus a plane ride. It was going to be tiring Leaving Arequipa at 10.00pm I took a very comfortable Cruz Del Sur bus to Nazca which a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/Uros-Island/blog-770120.html Road miles to date 24757Following a break by the sea in a hostel overrun by the Argentine equivalent of gap year students we set off early for an arduous journey through the desert. Despite the twelve hour ride and the intense high winds coming off the coast the scenery was spectacular and varied constantly from dry rocky mountains to miles of nothing but white sand to small communities of hut http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Puno/blog-769062.html Well it is finally here.. Our last full day in South America of our grand adventure. Yes we do want to return home to America and Pollock Pines but no we also would like to continue seeing all of the amazing things South America has to offer Lake Titicaca which lies at about 11300 is the highest navigable body of water in the world. We will need to do some crosschecking with respect http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/Taquile-Island/blog-767922.html We knew we were in for an adventure when we got to the train station and walked into the waiting room. The chairs were comfortable c hairs think of a Lazy Boy without the retractable foot rest. We sat down and waited for our train. Apparently word has gotten out amongst the Condor staff that the Steinbrechers require their own bus for their luggage as we rode over from the hotel in our own 10 per http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Puno/blog-767921.html Child custody lawyers actually are family law lawyer whose specializations include helping the clients for negotiating their children custody. Such lawyers generally are preferred in the cases involving the children post divorce mostly. The Custody lawyer helps the clients with the negotiations with other party involved. Mainly they are called for settling things between the divorcing and couples http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Paracas/blog-767169.html Ons het die dag begin met met 2 lekker crpe en boegoe tee. Van daar het ons die long walk to freedom gevat af na die hawe toe. Seker so 20 min afdraende gestap. Marcelina ons gasvrou rokof soos 39n klipspringer oor die ruwe terrein. Ons het toe na Tequile eiland gevaar. Daar het ons weer vir 40min opgestap na die town square. Daar het ons rondegehang tot middag ete. Lekker gebraaide trout. N http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/blog-762360.html Ons is vroeg die oggend kom optel deur die toerbussie van daar na die hawe. Voor ons aanboord gegaan het het ons eers persente vir ons Amantani gesin waar ons gaan oornag gekoop soos pasta rys en suiker.Die boot het stadig uit die hawe gevaar en net so stadig die res van die tyd Sy speedometer is seker 39n kalender. Ons stop toe eventually by 39n 39Uros39 floating island. Die he http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/blog-762359.html Hi againLast time we blogged we were still in Rio. Matt was hoping to go hang gliding but unfortunately wind conditions didn39t allow him to. Instead we decided to go and check out the National History Museum which was really interesting. We also visited a Cathedral and Monestry before going to another permanent market full of fake merchandise We then caught up with a few girls from our last http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Puno/blog-762334.html Vanoggend uitgeboek en taxi gevat na die Terrapuerto bus stasie. Bagasie ingeboek en toe 39n lekker ontbyt geet by 39n klein winkeltjie op die stasie.Die busrit was nogals hel gewees vandag. Dit het gevoel of dit nooit gaan eindig nie. Toe ons uiteindelik stop na 5.5 ure was dit in so 39n shithole van 39n dorp. Gelukkig was dit nie Puno nie. Maar ongelukkig was dit nog 40 min op d http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Puno/blog-761747.html Day11 Sunday 11th December 2011 Our fullmoon night on the white sandy beach of Lake Titicaca afforded a sound sleep despite the storm on the lake during the night. We awoke just before sunrise to the sound of voices. I looked out of my tent to the lake to see a group of small rowing boats landing on the beach. A few local women who may have been waiting for a while with sacks then loaded these http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/blog-760207.html The bus to Puno turned out to be pretty straight forward. We weren39t sure how it was going to go with it being a Bolivian bus and also an overland border crossing but we needed not have worried The bus was very comfortable with fully reclining seats the border crossing pretty painless aside from a bit of queuing. No extra admin fees demanded or anything like that and after about 30 mi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Puno/blog-759481.html Ennn dan op naar het volgende land PeruWe kwamen eerst aan in het noorden van Peru Mancora. Ze zeggen het mooiste strand van Peru en idd een mooi strand. Heerlijk zon dagje strand en zon dus daar hebben we ff lekker van genoten terwijl we naar de surfers keken . Maar dit strand was voor korte duur want de volgende dag gingen we al via Lima naar Cusco toe. Wat een leuke drukke stad is d http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/blog-757044.html You know there are these moments when you don39t want to do the bertouristy thing but it39s just so much more comfortable than the alternative.. So we caved in and paid an amount no local would ever think of paying for a seat on the tourist bus with AC that would make 4 sight seeing and 1 lunch stop. The verdict Well not all of the stops were very impressive we for instance decided http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/blog-755991.html