Touchdown Lake Titicaca ........

Well we finally made it out of Cusco

Jumped on a bus at 9am this morning and landed here in Puno on the shore of Lago Titicaca (which is apparently the world's highest lake navigable to large vessels, and the second largest lake of South America (after Maracaibo) - for all the Pub Quiz students!)

Bus trip was a bit of a struggle to be honest. We said wed go rock bottom and see how we survived. So ended up paying S15 for the 6 hour "direct" journey. We knew booking it that the company weren't the most professional, but that's half the fun, somethings to point out:

- the "direct" service stopped 3 times before we left Cusco alone. Lost count of total

- toilet door was locked
- the 6 hour journey ended up taking about 7.5!
- loads of people standing in the isle
- video (Around World in 80 Days)kept stopn every few mins(when we hit a bump!)

But bottom line is we got here safe and with our bags, what more do you want! Nice to have done a daytime journey as the scenery was amazing (thru massive valleys etc) and seeing all the streetside action when we pass through "middle of nowhere towns" never ceases to amaze me.

As per the start of the blog the main reason were here is "the Lake". Away off on a 2 day tour tomorrow ( 11Euros for 2 days including tour, bed, food and a guide - beat that) Highlights should include:

- visit some floating islands, made completely out of reeds

- then onto Isla Armanti, where we stay with a local family

- they dress us up in the traditional dress and we all go out dancing

- finally another boat Isla Tranquile on Tues

That's the plan, but as we have experienced so often here, what u think ur getting at what u actually get are often miles apart, stay tuned to see what happens..........