I took a night bus to Puno and arrived around 5AM. A guide was waiting for me and took my to his hostel for a few hours sleep. Hooked up with a killer Chliean couple and we all got a few zzz´s. At 8 we took a bus down to the marina and got stunning views of the lake. We boarded a real junkett with a group of 10 others and set out to the Uros Islands.
The Uros island are floating islands made from blocks of peat tied together and then layers of reeds piled on top. They anchor the islands with large stones so they dont float off into the lake. There are many islands with 3 to 12 families living on each one. Their homes, kitchens, beds, everything is made from the reeds. They showed us hopw they make things with the reeds and we even got to eat some! pretty bland! I took a ride on a traditional reed boat to one of the other islands where there is a small hotel of reed rooms for rent! There was even a phone on this island.
We got back on our boat and headed to a real island to stay the night with a local family.
I´ll finish this blog later . . . . . . . . . . got to sleep before headinbg to Copacabana, Bolivia!
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