It's Taquile Island....not TAQUILA Island

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June 21st 2010

Published: June 21st 2010

Hello everyone! So we got back at 4 this morning from Puno. I loved the trip. We started out our journey from Cusco at 9 PM and got on a bus headed for Puno. After a 6 hour bus ride we arrived in Puno at 4:30 AM. We didn't get a room in the hotel so we hung out in the lobby for about an hour or so for breakfast. After breakfast we left for the port of Puno. When we got there we boarded a sm... Read Full Entry

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Photo 65

Only for one of the 40 elected mayors of each island.

Photo 66

The men carry these and have coca leaves in them and they greet each other by trading coca leaves instead of shaking hands.

Photo 67

Belt for a married man. The wife's hair is actually sown into the black and white part. The wife makes this belt and each symbol represents something different about the man.