Chozas aka huts

Puno y las islas flotantes

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February 2nd 2010
Karly and I headed out of Cusco and into Puno, which sits on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. Truely, I wasn´t all that impressed... the floating islands (Reed Island/Isla de Uros) is one of the touristy-ist things I have ever done in my life! The island is made out of reeds and when the bottom starts decroding they replace the top with new reeds. They say that the people live there but I´m n ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca » Uros Island

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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