Puno- Cuzco- Machu Picchu

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A very impressive country, Peru. Most of the things changed as we left Bolivia to Peru. You feel that there is an authority and feel safe.

Puno, a beautiful town on the coast of Titicaca Lake is famous with the floating reed islands- Uros Islands. We visited the area on an afternoon tour, different but quite primitive way of living. They have no electricity.

With midnight bus we made Cuzco in seven hours. Stayed at Che Lagato again. We spent three nights there, a lovely city. They have preserved their colonial housing to the most extend. This World Herritage City makes the visitors happy by it’s atmosphere . The altitude problem remains the same.

From Cusco we went to Sacred Valley where our altitude problem diminished ( 1000 mt less). We visited Pisaq, Urubamba , Ollantaytambo , impressive Inca towns .

Late afternoon we took the train to Aqua Calientes (a village before reaching Machu Picchu). The only possible transportation is train or walking four days on Inka Trail.

Spending the night at Aqua Calientes early in the morning we took the bus to Machu Picchu. The most important point in our travel program of South America was Machu Picchu and we made it.
On returning to Cuzco we flew to Lima next day.

Amazonas is the only destination left in our programme.

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Photos

Puno
Armas Plaza

Puno
Armas Plaza

Puno
On the way to Uros Islands, the floating reed islands on Titicaca Lake

Puno
One of the floating reed islands

Puno
Another floating reed island

Puno
And another one of about 50 floating reed islands

Puno
Locals meeting the tour boat

Puno
Locals selling handicrafts

Puno
Local's House, made of reeds

Puno
The floating reed islands

Puno
From floating islands

Puno
The floating reed islands

Puno
Local's boats made of reeds

Puno
Our tour guide explaining how the islands are built

Puno
The local music group performing at the restaurant

Cuzco
Plaza de Armas

Cuzco
There are 21 churches in Cuzco.

Cuzco
Plaza de Armas

Comments

[murat]

machu picchu
Harika fotolar. machu picchu gercekten buyuleyici.

[anonymous]

Sizleri bir ara takibedemedim.Peru'nun dağları muhteşem,,büyüleyici. Less comfortable koşullarda da olsanız çok iyi vakit geçirdiğinizi görmek beni mutlu etti.Keyifle ve sağlıkla devamını diliyor,,sizleri öpüyorum.Ferah

[juvigiller]

Machu Picchu
Gercekten harika Bir dünya mirası. National Geograghics'in Nisan 2011 sayisinda Machu Picchu kapak yapilmis. Sevgilerimizle

[juvigiller]

Ferah'cım, Senin için Pasifik'te gün batimini izledik ve sana mail yazdik. Seninle izlediklerimiz gibi degildi ama yine de seni andik. Sevgilerimizle.

[Ragip Pekdiker]

Harikaaaa. Ben bile heyecenlandım. Sizleri izlemek çok güzel. Sevgi ve selamlar

[juvigiller]

Machu Picchu
Sevgili Ragip Bey, Hedefledigimiz yerlere ulastik ama yukseklik nedeniyle zorluklarimiz oldu. Herseye ragmen degdi. Simdi ise cok baska bir dunyadayiz. Amazonlardayiz. Bizi izlediginize memnun oluyoruz, sizleri yakinimizda hissediyoruz. Hepinize cok sevgiler.