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Floaters on Lake Titicaca

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Puno, Home of Spectacular Floaters The Floating Islands of Uros The Culture We left Arica bright and early in the morning. The journey to Puno was not at all easy. We arrived at Arica bus station to be denied access to one bus, completely uncertain as to why. But then we got on the second bus which took us to Tacna. From Tacna it should have been easy to get to Puno, despite being in the terminal at 7:00 we were told that the 8:00 bus did not exist. As it turned out Tacna is a confusing place to take a bus from, there are about five different terminals. We finally found a bus we could take at 12:30 so we had a few hours to kill. We popped across the road to eat something for breakfast, chicken and rice which was actually really nice. Accompanying this however was Quinoa juice, that was an odd experience, it was hot as a lot of juice in Peru seems to be, but also tasted a bit like cornflakes, not the best really... Some of the traditional clothed dancers After a pai...

Incan Delights

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Incan Delights We will be spending a total of three weeks across Peru. Peru is a delightful country with amazing biodiversity with the Amazon in the north of the country, deserts in the south, amazing mountain ranges and sunny beaches. There is truly something for all here. Below you will find our posts about our destinations in Peru Puno The view of Lake Titicaca from the mighty Condor Cusco The Peruvian Last Supper in Cuzco Cathedral Machu Picchu Machu Picchu and the mighty Huaynu Picchu Nazca The tree Glyph of the Nazca lines Ica Oasis in the Desert Trujillo The Wall at the Chan Chan Museum Overview European Ecstasy Adventures in Asia Pacific Paradise Southern South American Splendour Central Celestial Scenes Incan Delights Heading North