arriving at the floating islands

people are living in so many different ways - but this is really special!

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November 3rd 2006
Leaving the amazing salar I took a bus back to La Paz and from La Paz back into Peru. This time I stopped in Puno at the peruvian part of the Titicaca-lake. Actually a rather uninteresting and filthy city, it is famous because of its "floating islands". A tribe called the Uros has been living for a long time under rough conditions directly on the lake. They built their islands as well as their boa ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno

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

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