Floating islands on Lake Titicaca

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Three hours from Copacabana, on the other side of Lake Titicaca is Puno. Everybody who comes here makes a visit to the floating islands of Uros on Lake Titicaca. The islands are made of totora reeds, which grows abundandly in the shallow parts of the Lake Titicaca. The reed seems to be quite a versatile plant. The people living on the islands use it for pretty much everything: they use it for the islands, they eat it, they burn it, and they build houses and boats and all sorts of things of it.

We took a one day boat cruise on Lake Titicaca visiting the floating islands and Isla Taquile. Visiting the floating islands was an interesting experience but Isla Taquile was less impressive. After seeing Isla del Sol, Isla Taquile was just another island on Lake Titicaca.

The city of Puno was nothing special so after the day on the lake we moved on to Cuzco.

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Photos

Isla Taquile
Where ever there are tourists, there are people selling souvenirs

Children know how to treat the tourists
Some kids could hardly talk or walk but they knew how to beg

Comments

[Heikki]

Soda bottles
Did you see any soda bottles inside those boats? :) You should get used to beggars and souvenirs by now. :)