Puno and the Islands of Lago Titicaca

Puno itself is a D-U-M-P but it's the jumping off point to visit the floating city of Uros and the islands of Amantani and Tequile. We took a boat tour which brought us to these islands and spent the night with a family on Amantani. The floating islands were incredible. These people moved onto the islands centuries ago in order to avoid the wars that were occurring on land. The islands are essentially 4 feet of reeds stacked on top of each other. Pretty incredible!

Amantani was great with the exception of the food. I never knew that someone could survive on potatoes only. Our lunch was a soup. What was in the soup? 5 different types of potatoes boiled in the water which became the broth. No chicken...nothing! There are about 1000 people living on the island and most of the animals are used for milk, eggs etc and are not eaten. I wouldn't have lasted a week. That evening we took a walk down to the school where they held a dance in our honor. It was fun to see everyone dressed up like a fool but the dance was a little repetitive (read - same move over and over and over and over again).

It was fun but a long time ago so excuse the lame posting.