After Cuzco, we made our way more or less directly to Puno, a town on the edge of Lake Titicaca. This is the highest lake in the world, and it quite beautiful. It also has floating islands, which are one of Peru's top tourist draws. Long ago, some of the native people living on islands and the mainland got tired of being bossed around by some of the others, so they built thick boats and platforms out of reeds, and floated off into the lake! They are still there today, hunting and fishing in the reeds, and maintaing their islands, which have several houses apiece, and other structures such as lookout towers. The former president of Peru (the Japanese one, who is in jail now) gave them free solar panels, so they also have electricity. Although
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