Cobbled streets of Taquille

Puno and our first glimpse of Lake Titicaca

January 2nd 2012
So, off to Puno then. We had yet to receive a positive comment about the town itself from people we had met, however Puno was the jumping off point for the famous floating islands and also to see the islands of Amantani and Taquile, so we decided to come anyway. On arrival at the hostel, we put our bags down and then promptly booked a trip with the sweet family running the place. We decided to ... read more

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Hi, Welcome to our blog. Having completed a 9 month trip to the US, Australia and SE Asia in 2005, we were truly bitten by the travel bug. So, around 5 years later when the time seemed right and we finally had enough funds in the bank, we were off again, this time on a years journey to Central America, South America, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. Heading back to the UK after this amazing trip and saving once more for just under a year, we were off again in search another journey, this time taking us to Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Unfortunately, our blog only covers our second and t... full info

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