After the Inca Trail it was time to make our way across Peru's altiplano to Lake Titicaca. We caught a tourist bus which stopped several times en route at a few sights on it's way to Puno. I won't upload the photos as they are not particularly interesting - if you really want to see them you can wait for our return.
Puno is not one of Peru's top attractions. It is however on the shores of Lake Titicaca, one of the world's highest navigable lakes. The lake is home to the Uros people who live on islands built from the buoyant Totara reeds. We had a brief tour of these floating homes which were amazing. Sadly it has been ruined by the tourist trade and any poor sucker that ventures there is hit by the hard sell!
After one day in Puno we caught the next available bus to Bolivia. It wasn't the most successful trip. We were told it was a direct bus to La Paz. It turned out that we had a 3 hour delay in Copacabana (not in Rio) then we reached the Bolivian border we had to catch a crappy mini coach for the remainder of our journey. So instead of arriving in La Paz mid afternoon with plenty of daylight to find a decent place to stay, we arrived in the dark.
Puno is not one of Peru's top attractions. It is however on the shores of Lake Titicaca, one of the world's highest navigable lakes. The lake is home to the Uros people who live on islands built from the buoyant Totara reeds. We had a brief tour of these floating homes which were amazing. Sadly it has been ruined by the tourist trade and any poor sucker that ventures there is hit by the hard sell!
After one day in Puno we caught the next available bus to Bolivia. It wasn't the most successful trip. We were told it was a direct bus to La Paz. It turned out that we had a 3 hour delay in Copacabana (not in Rio) then we reached the Bolivian border we had to catch a crappy mini coach for the remainder of our journey. So instead of arriving in La Paz mid afternoon with plenty of daylight to find a decent place to stay, we arrived in the dark.
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