Ok, so this morning we woke up at about 5:30 this morning so we could leave the hotel at 6. We had to be at the airport to catch our flight from Cuzco to Juliaca at 7:20. We drove from Juliaca to Puno. then after we dropped off our baggage at the Hotel Plaza Mayor, we took little bike taxis and raced through town to Lake Titicaca. there is a joke about the name. The Peru side is the titi and the Bolivian side is the caca (poop) :). Well, we took a boat to the Floating Isles ( yes they really exist) and went to three of the islands, including Mormon Island. They really are floating Islands, because the people did not like others taking over their lands, so they created the Islands. The people take huge blocks of lake ground that are the roots blocks for reeds in the lake. So the dirt has lots of layers of reeds placed over the top, just places, and the reeds from the roots in the dirt grow and intertwine into the reeds and holds it together. Then, they untie from the land and it floats. They build everthing out of reeds. Seats, Houses, beds, everything. Once they had the original islands built, they were able to build more on the islands themselves. Now, there are 48 Islands, each with 8-10 families on it. It was really cool. Well, we went back to the hotel and rode in a Motorcycle taxi, really cool!! Then we did some shopping around the city. I found some really cool things. Well, i am really tired, and lots of people are waiting, that is why i am not going into very much detail about the Floating Islands and MachuPicchu.
Well, Love you!!
Bye
Jake Lythgoe
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