Puno and Lake Titicaca

Tuesday

Took tuc-tucs down to the harbour, and then spent the day on small boat going out to the floating reed village of Unos on Lake Titicaca. About 40 islands in all made completely from reeds and floating on the lake. They have been existing like that for hundreds of years. However, the down side is that the reeds are degradable material, so they have to remake their homes and boats every three weeks. Oh to be a builder on the lakes. They took us for a row around their home island in their reed canoe. Fascinating.

We then journeyed to another island where we sat, very like they do in the Greek Isles, under a canopy on a hill overlooking the lake while they served us grilled trout, and then made us join in the local folk dances.