IMG_1037

Day17 Lake Titicaca

---

June 15th 2013
Up at 6am. Had breakfast with the family. They really do have very modest living conditions. We had a pancake and fried bread. The mother then walked us down to the boat which was to leave at 7am. It took a couple of hours by boat to get to Uros Islands which are the floating Islands made from reeds. They really are amazing. There is hundreds of these small islands. The one we visited had 6 famili ... read more

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

---

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