Looking Good in Traditional Dress!!!

Terrifically Touristy Titicaca!

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September 19th 2008
(Catherine) Our final destination in Peru was Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, a three-hour bus journey from Cuzco. We´ve found bus journeys in Peru highly amusing because the normally calm Peruvian people become very impatient when it comes to public transport. If a bus is due to leave at 10am and it hasn´t moved by 10.01am the passengers will start stamping their feet on the floor and sh ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno

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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