Saturday 3 August 2013

Puno


Already on the Peruvian side of the Titicaca lake, and not far from Puno, a bastion of ancient times can be found: the Uro's floating islands. First used by some tribes to avoid the Inca invasions, there are still up to 70 of them. 


A bit further away, the islands of Amantari and Taquile have a relatively large number of people (4000 and 3000 thousand people, respectively) living in conditions relatively close to their ancestors. I had the chance to live with one family of Amantari and learn more about their culture. I add here a picture of all of them.


The city of Puno itself has also some touristic attractions. Among them all, the 16th century Cathedral that looks very nice just after the sunset. 


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