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Our last stop in Peru, Puno

June 12th 2007
Next up was Puno for a short but sweet stop to get our first views of Lake Titicaca. The lake itself is the highest in the world at 3830m and also the largest in South America at 230 km long and 97km wide and looks more like a sea than a lake, it’s huge. Our first views of the lake were as we were on the bus and it looked amazing and we couldn’t wait to get a closer look. One of the other ma ... read more
South America » Peru » Puno

Peruvian Flag Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more
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