Uros Islands

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Yesterday we caught an early bus to Puno. A small town at the lake Titicaca (on the Peruvian site). After checking into our hotel we have decided to go for a bit of a walk around the town and some dinner...
Since we arrived in Cusco we were saying that we shoulfd try an Andean traditional dish, - cuy (Gunea pig). So, last night it wasa time to brave ourselves and order it... Asta and I agree on one thing,- we still don't know if we've liked it or not. She isn't up to trying it again, but I might because in each reagion cuy is being prepared in a different way...
One of the main attractions around here are the floating Uros islands ... that was our destination today. Please see pics. ...

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Photos

Our dinner yesterday - Cuy
this is a traditional dish in Peru. However it is being made differently in every reagion...

boat full of totora
this reed is usedto replenish the top layer of the island (we were told that it needs to be done every 15 days...)

local girl
the decorations in her hair are for weight (they believe that this way hair will grow faster...)

having a break
right now we're "paying" for our own srupidity,- forgotten sun screen. Bothof us resemble cooked lobsters