TIGER GOES GLOBAL 2006/2007
13th Apr 2007PUNO AND LAKE TITIKAKA. PUNO IS AT A GREATER HEIGHT THAN CUSCO ANDS M.P. BUT NOW I WAS LESS AFFECTED BY ALTITUDE SICKNESS. THE TOWN ITSELF IS N OTHING SPECIAL BUT THE VIEWS OVER THIS VAST LAKE ARE SPECTACULAR . THE LAKE SI THE HIGHEST NAVIGABLE LAKE IN THE WORLD AND PERU SHARES IT WITH BOLIVIA. IN THE LAKE ARE MANY REAL ISLANDS BUT ALSO THE FAMOUS FLOATING UROS ISLANDS A WHOLE DAY BOAT VISIT TOOK ME FIRST TO THE UROS FLOATERS ( EACH ONE IS QUITE SMALL) WE VIOSITED 2 OF TH EM AND HAD AMPLE TIME TO SEE HOW THE INHABITANTS USE THE TOTORA REEDS TO MAKE THEIR ISLANDS FROM THEM AND USE THEM TO BUILD THERE HOMES ,MAKE BEDS AET THE JUICY BOTTOM SHOOTS ETC.IT WAS REALLY COLOUR FUL AND INTERESTINGBUT FOR ME A BIT TOO :HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTRION .i WENT ON ONE OF THE DOUBLE BATS THEY NOW USE TO PLEASE TOURISTS AND THEY ARE AMAZING STRUCTURES BUIULT AGAIN TOTALLY OF REEDS THESE LARGE REED BOATS WERE ONCE ONLY USED ON CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS. WE WERE SENT ON OUR JOURNEY TO THE REAL ISLAND OF TAQUILE BY THE WOMEN OF THE FLOATING ISLAND SINGING VARRIOUS SONGS FOR THE COUNTRIES OF THE TOURISTS eg FRANCE HAD FEURE JAQUES ( spelling ? ? ) AND I HAD TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR ! ! ! ! THE VISIT TO TAQUILE WAS DELIGHTFUL.BUT THE CLIMB TO THE LOVELY VILLAGE WE VISITED FOR LUNCH AND PERSONAL SIGHTSEEING WAS A VERY STEEP 1 KM. CLIMB .WE WALKED THE LENGTH OF THE ISLAND AND HAD AN EVEN STEEPER STEPPED CLIMB DOWN TO ANOTHER HARBOUR. I HOPE MY VIDEOS WILL GIVE THOSE PEOPLE INTERESTED OR COERCED INTO WATCHING THEM AALL!!!! A REASONABLE IDEA OF THIS ISLANDS BEAUTY AND INTEREST. THE LOCAL DRESS IS FANTASTIC ESPECIALLY AS WE WERE THERE ON THE DAY OF A TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL. SO I COME TO THE END OF AN AMAZING,SOMETIMES TIRING AND CHALLENGING JOURNEY.I HAVE LEARNT A LOT MORE OF PLACES ND THEIR PEOPLKE MET SOME AMAZING CHARACTERS AND OF COURSE LEARNT THAT THERE IS STILL SO MUCH MORE TO SEE AND LEARN ABOUT THIS WORLD OF OURS . IT IS TIME FOR ME TO SAY ONE THING . DO NOT BE JEALOUS. ALTHOUGH THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY OF A LIFE TIME I KNOW ONE THING . IT IS FAMILY AND FRIENDS LIKE YOU WHO READ THIS BLOG WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO HAVE IN THIS WORLD. I CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE YOU AT SOME TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL
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