We woke up at a reasonable 7:00 AM to fantastic pancake breakfast. We gather our belongings and were whisked away to the docks. Was said our yuspagara sunkis (thanks) and ripushaykus(goodbyes), hopped on the boat and went full steam ahead (5 knots) towards Taquile Island. Taquile Island sounds way more fun than it really is. The location of the Island places it about an hour closer to Puno than Amantani, and has thus exposed it to the influx of tourists ... and their money for much longer than Amantani. This has created a rather cold, and "leave our money and get out" type of attitude amongst the people. Additionally, we found out that the people of Taquile are a Xenophobic...ok too strong..... Introverted peoples. They refuse to mingle or marry outside of the Island. This
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