A big lake way up in the sky.....

We arrived into Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca (highest navigable lake in the world 3820m), late in the afternoon. We were not particularly taken by this little city so we were happy to have been here whilst the ´Lady of Mercy´ festival was on. Many types of traditional dance were being displayed including Aymara.

Traditional hair style Puno

Mother and child Puno

Floating Uros Islands

The next day we went out to the floating islands of the Uros people. Although they were very touristy it was still very interesting to learn about how they make and sustain the islands. For those who haven´t been her they make the islands out of the reeds that grow in the shallows of the lake. They then replace the reeds from the top. It was rather disconcerting as it was rather spongy under foot.

Boat docked

Lady of the Uros Islands

Boat ramp

Instead of staying here longer we decided to head to the Bolivian side of the lake, Copacabana, as we had heard from many travellers that it was much nicer. They were absolutely correct. It very much reminded us of Greece and Croatia - very mediteranean. We headed out to Isla del Sol (the island of the sun), the Inca creation site and birthplace of the sun in Inca mythology.

Cactus Isla del Sol

Tadar!

We checked out all the ruins and then hiked from the north of the island to the south. The views were stunning and the water so blue. Acclimatized now, we got up the hills fairly easily. We were going to stay the night but felt we had seen and experienced it enough and wanted to move onto La Paz so we could connect with our train to Uyuni.

Us at Puma stone

Isla del Sol Lake Titicaca

Bus ferry!

Chris chilling

A big lake way up in the sky.....

Copacabana, Bolivia