Boat ride

Our voyage out onto Lake Titicaca

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January 29th 2010
After another early morning wake up this time 7am, we helped ourselves to the free breakfast and packed a bag our overnight trip to the islands on Lake Titicaca. We got told that our bus would be picking us up at 8:30am, so it was a massive suprise when there was a knock at the door from a guy saying he was here to pick us up. This brought about mad panic as three of us were still unready...unu ... 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