The beach, Taquile Island

Uros Islands and Taquile

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June 20th 2006
After a good Saturday night out in Puno we got up early on Sunday morning to go out on a boat to the islands on Lake Titicaca. The lake is vast and only partially in Peru - the rest is in Bolivia. It's the highest navigable lake in the world, 3812 metres above sea level. It's also South Americas largest freshwater lake, 8372 square kilometres. Under a perfectly blue sky we set off for the ... read more

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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