The Uros

Puno, Peru

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May 11th 2008
Puno, Lake Titicaca Day 38 Having left Copacabana and Bolivia that afternoon we arrived in Puno a far less threatening place in my opinion than La Paz had been and for that I was grateful. What I was not grateful for was the freezing cold weather that we were again having to endure. After a brief bus journey to the Bolivian border we had our passports stamped by Bolivian ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca

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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