Hi all, we have spent the last two days exploring lake titcaca on a boat trip. We went to puno (a town on the shores of the lake) from cuzco with hannah, a friend from the inca trail who handily speaks spanish. On our first day we pootled to the floating islands, made from the roots of the lakes reeds. We were told that the people of the islands live here permanantly on about 10sqm of floating reeds. Hovever on the bus to puno, a peruvian told us that the "island people" actually commute from puno to the floating islands before the tourists arrive. After being told this it did seem apparant that it was all a sham. Hannah asked one of the children which house she lived in and the child looked confused and pointed to the mainland. Children never lie.
From the island of lies we went to Isla Amantani where we were split into twos and given to a family. Me n Dave were sent off with our mama, and hannah had to share with a scary italian who was addicted to cocoa leaves! It was an intersting experience staying with the family, as spanish is their second language, and my broken spanish is pretty terrible. After a very awkward lunch, of egg, cucumber and some sort of corn; we met back up with the tour group. Here we walked up to a football pitch where us tourists played some of the locals at 5-a-side, we lost 3-0. It was good fun nonetheless although playing football at 4000m above sea level if fairly tiring. From here we walked to the highest point of the island at 4200m and watched the sun set. Then back to mama peru's house for dinner, which was pasta rice and nuts. mmmmm. The next morning we had breakfast of a pancake and tea and waved mama goodbye. Back on our boat at 7am and off to Isla Taquile, here we simply walked around and admired the stunning views of the lake.
We arrived back into puno at 4pm that afternoon and hannah caught the next bus back to cuzco, while me n dave booked into a hostel and arranged transport to La Paz, Bolivia the next day.
Rich
From the island of lies we went to Isla Amantani where we were split into twos and given to a family. Me n Dave were sent off with our mama, and hannah had to share with a scary italian who was addicted to cocoa leaves! It was an intersting experience staying with the family, as spanish is their second language, and my broken spanish is pretty terrible. After a very awkward lunch, of egg, cucumber and some sort of corn; we met back up with the tour group. Here we walked up to a football pitch where us tourists played some of the locals at 5-a-side, we lost 3-0. It was good fun nonetheless although playing football at 4000m above sea level if fairly tiring. From here we walked to the highest point of the island at 4200m and watched the sun set. Then back to mama peru's house for dinner, which was pasta rice and nuts. mmmmm. The next morning we had breakfast of a pancake and tea and waved mama goodbye. Back on our boat at 7am and off to Isla Taquile, here we simply walked around and admired the stunning views of the lake.
We arrived back into puno at 4pm that afternoon and hannah caught the next bus back to cuzco, while me n dave booked into a hostel and arranged transport to La Paz, Bolivia the next day.
Rich
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