One of the floating islands

There base is the roots of the reeds and they are tied together by rope made from the reeds. The houses are all made of reeds and the flooring is about 3 mtrs deep of cut up reeds that need to be replaced every month or so. This islands do just float around with about 30 people living on them.

Puno - Lake Titicaca and the Floating islands

May 11th 2014
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