Puno, Peru

Hi guys,

Just letting you know that I write drafts of the blog as we go and that I post them when I have wifi. We are currently in la Paz Bolivia but I want to tell you about the Lake Titicaca experience.  Below draft from a few days ago.

Day two in Puno

This is our last full day in Peru as we are heading to La Paz in Bolivia tomorrow (15th Apr). Today we had almost a full day at Lake Titicaca. We went by boat to a floating island where 7 families lived. They live of fishing and some of the men work in Puno. Their main income however is tourism.  For this reason we bought a wall blanket that was made by a 28 year old lady. She showed us her straw house and we communicated in broken Spanish.  The locals here speak the language of the Incas and pre Inca language as well. It is very fascinating to listen to.         

 The head lady of the island showed us a mini demonstration how the floating islands are build and explained how it took 1 year to build each island. They have keep adding straws to the grown in order for the island to keep floating. At the beginning it starts at approximately 2 meters deep and after some years (due to the constant adding of straws on the floor) it reaches around 10 meters deep.

We went on a local straw boat to another island where we had a snack before continuing towards Bolivia on the lake.

We then visited a permanent island on the Lake, where we could see the mountains of Bolivia. The view from our lunch place was breathtaking and the freshly caught and cooked fish was delicious.  

Write soon. Xo