Puno and Lake Titicaca Day 1

  Just got back form spending the weekend in Lake Titicaca which was a blast.  I went down with two new friends, Kate from England and Daan from Holland (insert Joran Van Der Sloot jokes or concerns here.)  Took a nightbus down from Cusco on friday night to get into Puno on Saturday morning at five am, at which point we slept on the floor of the bus staion until our guide finally found us an hour and a half later.  Nothing like South American organization!  We then spent the night in a homestay with a local family on an island in the lake.  Bellow - the story in pictures.

The port in Puno.  Pretty interesting city.

Another shot of the Port.

Some buildings on the floating islands.

 

 

 

Me and Kate inside some of the homes on one of the islands

 

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Indigenous women tying up a boat.

Me with two of the local family members that we stayed with.

Some storm clouds at susnet.

In the evening, our families dressed us up in their traditional outfits and we went to a local dance.  Yes I am really that much taller than that woman, and no I havent gained 100 pounds in Peru - I am wearing like 10 layers of clothing because it was COLD!  And those traditional outfits don´t really do much for ones figure.

Little girl we stayed with wearing the Dutchman´s sunglasses.  I guess they Like our clothes as much as we like theirs.

The completed look.......muy caliente!

Day two later!!