It´s now Monday evening and Daf and I have arrived at the city of Puno on the shore of Lake Titicaca. We travelled from Cusco this morning by coach across the Altiplano - a very flat region between the twin ranges of the Andes. It took 10 hours to travel here along roads at very high altitudes. On the way we stopped several times to see more Conquistador, Inca and Pre-Inca sites which were quite interesting, but certainly not as impressive as Macchu Pichu - I think having been there we are now spoiled for anything else.
The hotel we are in is great - it is right on the lakeside and has a private jetty out into the lake. Unfortunately, though, our room doesn´t have a lake view, but is nonetheless very nice.
Spent some time this evening looking at Rosey and Mike´s posts on Flickr and saw some lovely pictures of them and William, and even a video of him.....can´t wait to see him!!
Tomorrow, Daf and I are getting up really early again (some holiday this - huh!) to take a day cruise on the lake, visiting the floating Uros Islands and other places around the shore. The islands are made of thick reed mats and float way out in the lake, with people living on them - very weird! More of that tomorrow when I know what I´m talking about.
I´m looking forward to coming home at the end of the week and have been keeping an eye on the news about the Icelandic volcano and the flight situation - I really hope I don´t get delayed.
Elwyn
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Monday, 19 April 2010
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