Am I Drunk or is the ground under my feet moving?

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Having arrived in Puno yesterday, i've had an eventful 24hrs. I went out for a few drinks last night, with some people I had met. That was fine ,but when I stumbled back to my hotel I found that the place had been locked up, and there was not a sole in sight.
It was only the appearance of couple of inebriated locals that saved the day, by starting to throw things at the windows - this seemed to do the trick, and I finally got to my room and bed.

No more than 3-4 hours sleep later and I had to get up( with a very sore head, after one or two too many Pisco Sours!) to go on a boat trip to the floating Islands - Just what I needed!!!

The trip was quite strange, knowing that you are standing on these islands, that are actually made out of reeds, and move up and down when you walk on them ( Great when you've got a hangover!!). They have to add another layer of reeds approximately every 2 weeks to stop themselves sinking.
There are loads of these man made islands dotted around, and they seem to have between 5-15 families on each. The shame is really that the whole thing is now just being exploited, and as a tourist it all seems a bit of sham, and an attempt to rip you off at every corner. Saying all that it was enjoyable as the locals did put on a polished performance for you

Off to Arequipa tomorrow.It´ll be nice to get down to a reasonable altitude for a bit.

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Comments

[Phil]

Pisco Backlash
I did say they Pisco Sours were good! But overgood gets you locked out eh!! brave man doing those floating islands with floating innards. Mum's laptop now crashed. Am looking at it 2morrow for her. May be a RTB for new hard drive from what she described.