Information sign at Puno Harbor |
Marcos buying 2 tickets to the floating islands |
Wari II - a tourist boat for the floating islands of Lake Titicaca |
Tourist boats, Puno Harbor, Lake Titicaca |
School kids with Peruvian flag |
Boat crewman |
Setting said for the Islas Flotantes from Puno Harbor |
Puno Harbor, Lake Titicaca |
Puno seen from Lake Titcaca |
Puerto de Puno, Lago Titcaca |
Guardacostas - Peruvian Coast Guard vessel #306, Lake Titcaca |
Guardacostas - Peruvian Coast Guard vessel #306, Lake Titcaca |
Hotel Libertador on Isla Esteves, Lake Titcaca |
Another tour boat heading for the Floating Islands, Lake Titicaca |
And of course, it's a race.... |
He's gaining on us... |
Marcos...just before the other boat bumped us |
Reeds in the shallows of Lake Titicaca |
The first of the Floating Islands - Islas Flotantes |
The floating islands are a big tourist attraction for Puno and Lake Titicaca |
Reed boat, Floating island |
The Floating Islands are about 5 km from Puno |
Huts and teepee-like dwellings are built on floating rafts of vegetation |
Large reed boat pulled up alongside the floating islands |
A reed boat on Lake Titcaca |
The base of the islands are cut blocks of tortora reeds |
Reed boats, Islas Flotantes |
Welcoming committee |
Each tour visits several of the Floating Islands |
Teenaged boy living on one of the Floating Islands |
Observation tower |
Island guide of the Uros people |
Blocks are cut from the roots of the totora plant then fresh reeds are layered on top |
Isla Flotante - Lago Titicaca |
Part of the Totora reed is edible |
Marcos, the local guide I used for Puno, Colca and Arequipa |
Uros woman, Floating islands |
Uros woman, Lake Titicaca |
Souvenirs for sale by the Uros people, Floating Islands |
Islas Flotantes, Lago Titicaca (Puno) |
Large reed boat, Lake Titicaca |
View from the observation tower, Uros Islands |
Uros Islands |
Reed hut, Uros Islands |
Reed huts, Floating Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Wooden rowboat |
On one of the floating islands |
Totora reeds |
The Uros try and make money selling souvenirs |
Most of the souvenirs sold are produced elsewhere |
Mobile made of reeds |
Souvenirs for sale, Islas Flotantes |
Boats like this made of tight bundles of reeds last several months |
Uros Floating Islands, Lake Titicaca |
"Kitchen" Uros Islands |
Dragon-headed reed boats |
Ducks, Lake Titicaca |
On a reed boat for a paddle to a neighboring island |
Other tourists joining us on the reed boat |
Prow of a reed boat |
A large group of tourists from another island |
Uros man paddling a reed boat |
Reed boat with tourists, Lake Titicaca |
Reed boat with tourists, Lake Titicaca |
Reed boat with a paddle-cum-rudder, Lake Titicaca |
Twin hulled, two level reed boat, Lake Titicaca |
Reed boat, Lake Titicaca |
Reed boat, Lake Titicaca |
Tourist launch from Puno |
The second island we came to was much larger |
Tourist market, Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Isla Los Uros, Lago Titicaca |
Souvenirs, Uros Islands |
Phone booth, Uros Islands |
Map of Lake Titicaca |
Kamisaraki Inn - a lodge on the floating islands |
Kamisaraki Inn, Los Uros - Lake Titicaca floating hotel |
Kamisaraki Inn, Los Uros |
Kamisaraki Inn, Los Uros |
Interior of one of the huts, Kamisaraki Inn, Los Uros |
Wooden boat pulled up onto a floating island |
Elementary school, Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Clay pots, Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Outhouse dropping directly to the lake |
Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Turkeys wandering around the huts, Uros Islands |
Guinea Pig, Uros Islands |
Solar panel, Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Restaurant, Uros Islands |
View from the second observation tower |
Launches tied up alongside one of teh large floating islands |
Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Uros Islands tourist market, Lake Titicaca |
Large Lake Titicaca tourist boat |
More durable tin huts, Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Tourist market, Floating islands |
Uros woman peeling vegetables |
Deluxe reed boat arriving, Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Twin dragon hulled reed boat |
Two level reed boat, Lake Titicaca |
The school group departs |
Reed boat with two kids |
Off to a third floating island |
Dragon-like prow of a reed boat |
Floating island, Lake Titicaca |
Uros boy playing alongside the fish pen |
Uros boy playing alongside the fish pen |
Fish pen on a floating island, Lake Titicaca |
View from the third observation tower, Floating Islands, Lago Titicaca |
Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Bienvenidos a la Isla Flotante Los Uros Tata Inti |
Native foods, Lake Titicaca |
Close up of a bundle of reeds of a reed boat |
Decorated prow of a reed boat |
Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca |
Bienvenidos ala Isla Los Uros Tata Inti |
Puno in the distance across Lake Titicaca |
Tourist boat sailing back to Puno |
Small Peruvian coast guard (Guardacostas) patrol boat #293, Lake Titicaca |
Puerto de Puno, Lago Titicaca |
Main pier of Puno Harbor |
Bolivians caught trying to enter Peru illegally |
Crowds gathered an the pier of Puno harbor |
Crowds gathered an the pier of Puno harbor |
Crew member poling the boat alongside the pier |
Crew member poling the boat alongside the pier |
Crew member poling the boat alongside the pier |
Crew member poling the boat alongside the pier |
Map of Lake Titicaca |