Sleeping on reeds

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Emma writes-

We took a boat trip on Lake Titicaca to the floating islands of los Uros, and decided to stay there the night at the Kamisaraki Inn. It costs about a tenner for a night's bed, dinner and breakfast, with the dubious question of "would you like trout for breakfast or dinner?" Staple diet of the islanders it seems. "Dinner please. Without a head."

Conversation and company was shared with a Californian photography student, who like us had ignored the warnings of a loud mouth Peruvian tourist that it was very dangerous to stay on the Islands, due to the cutting of throats of guests. But after an educated guess that this would be counter-productive to the Islands´main income of tourism, we stayed. The blankets were thick, the hut waterproof and the stars were out in force. A few thunder storms passed overhead at night and Matt was rather concerned about being on an island made of reed, with a telephone aerial sticking 20 meters in the air in the middle of a static storm. But, we survived til five am, when we were woken up with a goose egg buttie and a chilly trip on a motor boat back to the mainland at Puno to catch our bus to Bolivia...

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Photos

Fabric Shop
The inhabitants of Uros were well adept at flogging their wares

Melon Drop
Before we got our ferry onto the floating islands, we say these guys unloading a lorry load of melons, pass the parcel style.

Evil Weaving
A decrative head on the bow of a redd woven boat

Floating Town
The Sun leaves us and the storm in the distance waits until 1am before a lightning light show

Room for Two
Our room for the night was similar to this.

Sun Down at Puno
The last ships had left Emma, myself and a Californian girl alone on the island with the natives and this glorious sunset

Local transport
Doing the knowlage here is slightly different to London.

5am Taxi to Puno
The rain was still falling as we returned from Uros islands to Puno

Comments

[Paul]

Bastardos!
"Due to the cutting of throats of guests", tooo funny! Px