Lake Titicaca: Of Floating Islands, a Homestay and Gasping for Air...


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September 24th 2012
Published: October 15th 2012
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September 24th, 2012 The time had now arrived to get out and visit one of the highlights of this trip for me, Lake Titicaca! Again as mentioned in a previous blog, this place holds an almost mystical impression, and we were going to spend the better part of the day exploring it. The plan was to visit the floating reed islands of Uros, then head to Taquile for lunch and finally finishing with a ... Read Full Entry



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Match...Match...
Match...

....in one of the rare photos of the play in the other end...
Roomies...Roomies...
Roomies...

Dominik and I dressed up and ready for action!
The Gang...The Gang...
The Gang...

...too fun...
Our guides...Our guides...
Our guides...

....Roger and Ruben...
Dancing!Dancing!
Dancing!

Showing us amateurs how it's done...
Dancing IIDancing II
Dancing II

...lots of fun...
The Band man, the Band...The Band man, the Band...
The Band man, the Band...

Musicians extraordinaire...Pedro is on the right, our host for the homestay...
View from our homestay...View from our homestay...
View from our homestay...

...another beautiful morning...
Our abode...Our abode...
Our abode...

...cosy, even had an en-suite!
Adobe Bricks in the field...Adobe Bricks in the field...
Adobe Bricks in the field...

....drying in the sun...little did we know we would be working on them within the hour...haha...
The daughter...The daughter...
The daughter...

...whose name escapes me...gah...
3 Generations and a Canuck...3 Generations and a Canuck...
3 Generations and a Canuck...

...says everything...
The Homestead...The Homestead...
The Homestead...

Our quarters on the left, kitchen on the right and storage in the middle...and Dominik reading in the front...
The Full Homestead...The Full Homestead...
The Full Homestead...

Their sleeping quarters are on the far right...
Pedro's Mama....Pedro's Mama....
Pedro's Mama....

...seemed to get a kick out of me taking her picture again...
A man and his bricks...A man and his bricks...
A man and his bricks...

...'nuf said...haha...
Action Jackson..Action Jackson..
Action Jackson..

...in the words of Pedro: "Perfecto!"
The school...The school...
The school...

...where we played soccer and danced the previous evening...
Daily Chores...Daily Chores...
Daily Chores...

Sarah, Kristal and Lee working away..suckaz...haha...



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