Blogs from Puno, Peru, South America - page 73

Arrived in Puno on Friday 13th...unlucky for some....so unlucky for me as it goes....Someone up there is testing my patient and I am about to break!! Not really impressed with Puno, the town/city doesn't stand out, the people are nice but tbh I cant wait to get out of here, we are travelling with Brian (Tip) and Marie (Cork) who we met on the Inca Trek and we have takin a 2 day one night tour to the Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca to see how they live...it´s pretty cool actually these people live on Lake Titicaca on the reeds...they have made their whole life from the reeds,built houses, restaurants, schools, on them etc..when we went by boat to visit they have little reed restaurants...even a floating church!! That evening we went to the actual Island ... read more

I got the night bus to Puno with an American I met on the Lares Trek, we arrived in at 5.30am totally knackered from lack of sleep on the Pony Express(the bus company) we still managed to book a 2 day tour for 8am that morning to go to Lake Titicaca. It was lovely taking a boat and we managed to sleep on there so it was a bit of a lifesaver. We stayed with a local family for one night and it was very interesting. We ate the food they ate which consisted of potato soup, rice and potatoes and bread - carb overload. But boy did we need it as they forgot to mention when we booked that we had a 2 hr hike to the top of the island to 4100m. It wasnt ... read more

The bus to Puno was only 6 hours and since I had already taken a 7-hour bus ride to Huancayo, I thought it would be ok.... but everytime I seem to forget how tiring it is.... and unfortunately the scenery wasn´t all too great.... The minute we left the centre of Cusco, all the way to Puno, the poverty of the people is just horrendous... and I couldn´t help but notice the rubbish lying everywhere, which is such a pity coz the landscape is great.... Puno is not a pretty town, I had already read this somewhere so I didn´t have any expectations.... but still I was shocked to see people live in unfinished houses.... Arrived in Puno at about 1700, headed straight to the travel agency (Allways Travel, a eco-friendly tour agency) and booked our ... read more

The 7 hour bus trip from Cuzco to Puno was generally uneventful, other than the ever spectacular scenery. We arrived in time for a 15 minute walking tour of our local city blocks before retiring to a luke warm shower before dinner in a restaraunt a couple of blocks from the Hotel. At 7:30 am our limo service arrived to ferry us to the docks for our boat ride to Taquile and Amantani Islands. When we say limo, we actually mean tricycle like, peddle like, taxi like things. And it was a race!! We do´t have a photo to post, but the video is a hoot. The boat trip to Taquile is a little over three hours, and we had a guided tour and lunch, which had us leaving for Amantani at about 3:00 pm. We ... read more

Despues de un dia de autobuses locales con animales y personajes curiosos llegada a Puno. Visita de la isla Taquile con sus autenticos habitantes, con unos gorros especiales cosidos por sus esposas, que segun el color simbolizan estar casados o solteros. Vistas y colores asombrosos (el lago se encuentra a 3.800 metros de altura). Visita a las islas flotantes de los Uros (lugar puramente turistico). Metido en una gran tormenta en medio del lago en el regreso de las islas con un barco casi de papel. English After a hard day of local buses with animals and strange people included I arrive at Puno. Visit to the Taquile island with it's authentic local people (depending on the colour of the hat they wear they show their social status). Astonishing colours and views (the lake is located ... read more

After hitting the highest point accessible by road in the Andes, our tour made its way to Puno. Really, Puno doesn’t offer much more than access to Lake Titicaca. For those of you who don’t know, aside from providing giggles whenever you hear its name, Lake Titicaca is also the highest navigable lake in the world (above 4000 m). Unlike Machu Picchu and the jungle, I really didn’t know what to expect at Lake Titicaca, aside from a huge lake. Because I had no idea what to expect and because I hadn’t seen any island photos, everything there truly amazed me. After taking a bicycle cart taxi to the port, we boarded a boat and went straight to the Uros Islands. The Uros Islands are made completely from reed. Seriously. The locals realized that reed turns ... read more