A traditional "big boat" and the island next to ours!
This is "main street" in the Uros part of the lake. This is where all the boats come and drop off tourists for day tours. They get all dressed up for the tourists.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Along Main Street!
A traditional "big boat" and the island next to ours!This is "main street" in the Uros part of the lake. This is where all the boats come and drop off tourists for day tours. They get all dressed up for the tourists.
Activities!
After a chat on the Uros way of life, the history of Lake Titicaca (titi means puma and caca means rock), and all that jazz, we did some typical Uros activites!
We got all dressed up in traditional garb! Rebekah loves playing dress up! I got the best deal... my hat was SWEET!
Then we went and put out our fishing nets for the night!
We got all dressed up in traditional garb! Rebekah loves playing dress up! I got the best deal... my hat was SWEET!
Then we went and put out our fishing nets for the night!Friday, June 24, 2011
Our Island on Lake Titicaca!
We got to our floating island which is man made out of the reeds that grow in the lake. The Uros tribe which lives on the lake has been making their own boats and islands for a very long time. We got to stay on this island for the night with a wonderful family who showed us what life is like on the lake.
The island was massive... about a third of an acre with many buildings all made of reeds floating on top of more reeds stacked on top of more reeds stacked on the roots of the reeds which also float. We were walking on about 6 yards of stacked reeds at all times! Every once in a while, the anchors that hold the island in place let loose and an island floats over and runs into another island. Then they all row it back to it's original place in the morning.
What a life, eh?
Our cabin is the one on the right.
Our room...
They were so thoughtful to put a mobile in there to help us fall asleep to. :O)
Our dining room.
The island was massive... about a third of an acre with many buildings all made of reeds floating on top of more reeds stacked on top of more reeds stacked on the roots of the reeds which also float. We were walking on about 6 yards of stacked reeds at all times! Every once in a while, the anchors that hold the island in place let loose and an island floats over and runs into another island. Then they all row it back to it's original place in the morning.
What a life, eh?
Our cabin is the one on the right.
Our room...
They were so thoughtful to put a mobile in there to help us fall asleep to. :O)
Our dining room.Lake Titicaca!
12, 959 feet above Sea Level, there is a lake with a hilarious name, beautiful scenery, and a very unique people group... it's called Lake Titicaca. And going out onto this, one of the highest lakes in the world, was why we came to Puno!
These reeds are pretty important for the people here on Lake Titicaca... I'll explain more later.
Our boat heading into the narrow "street." They actually called this a street... how funny is that?
These reeds are pretty important for the people here on Lake Titicaca... I'll explain more later.
Our boat heading into the narrow "street." They actually called this a street... how funny is that?
To Puno!
We hopped on an all inclusive bus tour from Cuzco to Puno to find out that "all-inclusive" is a loose term here in Peru. :O) Admittance to the sites they stopped at cost extra. So, we chilled outside of these lackluster sites along the route.
We did catch some pictures of classic Peru.
That's a momma and baby Alpaca! How fun is that?!
We did catch some pictures of classic Peru.
That's a momma and baby Alpaca! How fun is that?!Back in Cuzco!
After a super fun taxi ride home from Ollantaytambo (did you catch that sarcasm?), we got back to Cuzco on a crazy holiday which included...
a bizarre parade where they forced children to dress with crazy masks
and also served as the perfect time for the fire department to clean this church along the route of the parade! Perfect timing!
We had a yummy authentic meal (well, I did anyhow). I had alpaca steak! Before that, we had these delicious salads with Sangria!
a bizarre parade where they forced children to dress with crazy masks
and also served as the perfect time for the fire department to clean this church along the route of the parade! Perfect timing!
We had a yummy authentic meal (well, I did anyhow). I had alpaca steak! Before that, we had these delicious salads with Sangria!Machu Picchu... from the other angle!
Our climb up Waynapicchu had it's rewards... the main reward was this different view of Machu Picchu!
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