In our alpaca hats knitted by the family

June 14th 2008
Our trip from Puno to Lake Titicaca with the islands of Uros and Amantani. Lake Titicaca - the highest navigable lake in the world. You will notice from the photographs Uros Islands were floating reed islands and Amantani Island was where we had our home stay. Uros Islands Here people live on floating islands handmade from totora, a type of reed. Everything is made from ... read more

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Z Lloyd-Denman

ZLD

I qualified as a teacher in 1997 and have been teaching ever since. Thoroughly enjoying my job, I took the first brave steps to having a career break. Selling my flat and minimalising my belongings and gradually throwing useful travelling things into my backpack ready for the first leg of the journey on Monday 23rd July. So the race is on, flat having a lick of paint and onto the market. Fingers crossed! I can't wait! I'm escaping daily routines to see the world (well most of the Far East anyway). ... full info

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