Lake Titicaca - 8th to 12th October

Seeing Lake Titicaca has been fantastic. We spent our first few days on the Bolivian side in Copacabana, where we visited Isla del Sol. This is the biggest island on the lake. We took a 3 hour boat journey to the north of the island and saw some Inka ruins and then walked along the ridge running down the length of the island. Really amazing panormic views over the whole lake. By the time we got to the south of the island it was almost sunset. Had dinner watching the sun go down - pretty nice!

Then headed to Peru to a town called Puno. Here we took a day trip to visit the Uros Islands - floating islands made of reeds in the shallow parts of the lake. Very interesting to see, although a bit Disneyfied. Arrived to local woman singing and waving (just like It´s a Small World ride, though they did throw in a Peruvian-style Row, Row, Row Your Boat too), then they explained how the islands were constructed with miniature props and telling us how much they relied on tourism to buy their potatoes (otherwise they would just eat reeds raw). Guilt-ridden purchases included a mini reed boat for Ben with a Puma AND a condor weaved in - very happy!

From here we went to visit another small, very conservative island, where the woman wore different colour pompoms (and the men different colour hats) to show whether or not they were looking for love. All very clear. On the way back we got lost in a pretty rough storm - Anna almost cried.

Now in Cuzco, where we are generally relaxing and waiting for Anna´s parents to arrive, before going to Machu Picchu next week.