Lake Titicaca pt I

After a brief night back in Cusco, we made the seven hour bus journey to Puno, a university town just next to Lake Titicaca. Very nice, although we didn´t spend too much time there as we were mainly there to visit the islands in the lake.

Amazing.

The lake seems to be on top of the world. At 4,100 metres, I think it pretty much is. Super horizons, the sky and the water stretch on and on for miles. It is incredible.

We took a boat to one of the reed islands - man-made islands with a small community living on it in reed huts. It was strange; they have to replace the top reeds (the ones making the ´ground´ on which you walk) every fifteen days. A labour-intensive way of living, although all they seem to do is fish and make souvenirs for the visiting tourists.