Oct 3, 2009 - Arequipa to Puno

After this alarming wake-up call, we had breakfast on the terrace and headed to the bus station, heading for Puno. ... The journey should have been 6 hours, but with irritating seemingly pointless stops on-route we arrive in Puno nearly 8 hours after setting off. ... As we rounded the corner and overlooked Puno, it was surprising to see how big the city was. ... The hostel is pretty dark and dingy, but then so is Puno. ... every cloud! We are going to have a night in tonight, as the streets of Puno are less than welcoming. ...

Oct 1, 2009 - Lake Titicaca, Puno, Peru

We took a tour from Cusco down to Puno, which is on the shores of Lake Titicaca. ... I wish I could show you pictures but unfortunately you are not allowed to take photographs inside the church (however you can purchase a postcard!) Another highlight on the way to Puno was the small village of Racqui and it's Inca ruins which included a former Inca temple which hadn't been destroyed by the Spanish. ... We had a pleasant stay in Puno, although we didn't actually spend much time there as we spent the whole day on Lake Titicaca. ... Puno is nothing special and I think it's only really visited for the Lake. ... Here we went for a short walk, which although we are well trained now, it was still tough at this altitude (3827m), had some lunch, walked some more then headed back to Puno for our last night in Peru. ...

Sep 29, 2009 - Arriving at Puno at 3860m above sea level

We have today made our way to Puno. ... We managed to share a taxi with two other people that were traveling to Puno as well. ... At around four we arrived in Puno and took a taxi to the Los Pinos Inns where we’re staying tonight and tomorrow night. ... There doesn’t seem to be too much to see in the city of Puno. ...

Sep 4, 2009 - Peru: Titicaca's Islands

We spent a few days on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca to visit the many interesting islands.We spent a few days on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca to visit the many interesting islands....

Aug 1, 2009 - Puno Lake Titicaca

Hi I arrived in Puno late today. ... We talked all the way to Puno *6 hours* we talked about all sorts of things. ... She helped me with information of what to do etc and we exchanged email addresses.Hi I arrived in Puno late today. ... We talked all the way to Puno *6 hours* we talked about all sorts of things. ... She helped me with information of what to do etc and we exchanged email addresses....

Jun 19, 2009 - Puno

Sick as a dog still, angry and annoyed at how the Inca Trail went down and well just in a bad mood because I was tired and not well.Sick as a dog still, angry and annoyed at how the Inca Trail went down and well just in a bad mood because I was tired and not well....

Jun 19, 2009 - Lake Titicaca

Mood improving, still coughing but excited by Lake Titicaca over night stay at an indigenous home and boating across the Lake that is situated at the highest altitude.Mood improving, still coughing but excited by Lake Titicaca over night stay at an indigenous home and boating across the Lake that is situated at the highest altitude....

Jun 18, 2009 - Ultimate Bus journey

Well after 3 days in Cusco chilling out and white water rafting (which was quite eventfull. So on the day we went white water rafting whr farmers were protesting by putting massive boulders on the road to block traffic and as we rafted under the bridge they started ripping the bridge to bits and throwing pieces of wood down onto us! anyway we were fine but it was quite a scary experience! 2 days later whenwe left Cusco to drive to Puno, we had to go the 15 hr way instead of the 7hr way because it was totally impassible which ment the 15hr route we had to get over this bridge that the farmers had pretty much completely destroyed the 2 days before. ... there was 2 women up a hill side basically causing a massive landslide onto the road with boulders so the bus driver had to get out and plead with them to let us go past so we all had to get out the bus clear the road of rocks and debris and pass then we had to put it all back and we had to pay as well! its funny now! it so wasnt at the time then it still took us another 10hrs to get here as the driver got lost! So we did finnaly arrive in Puno, but it was certainly ...

May 31, 2009 - Puno and Copacabana on Lake Titicaca

Next morning was our bus to Puno, on lake Titicaca. ... We had brief overnight in Puno before getting picked up the next morning for a two day, one night excursion out on lake Titicaca. ... We got home to Puno around 4PM and decided to be anti-social. ... We were thinking of staying in Copacabana and seeing the Isla de Sol and Isla de la Luna (Island of the sun and Island of the Moon), but they seemed so similar to the ones we just saw in Puno that we decided to skip watching another sunset, seeing more pre-Inca ruins, and going on another boat ride. ... It is more personal, beautiful and hippie-ish than its Peruvian counter-part of Puno. ...

May 20, 2009 - Puno

Jumping back on the boat to return to Puno I ventured upstairs and accidently fell into slumber. ... 3 degree burns later we arrived back in Puno. ... After arriving back in Puno we all met once again for a 'cervassa' (beer) and dinner. ...

May 18, 2009 - Puno

We arrived in Puno, the capital and largest city of the Region in Southeastern Peru. ... We jumped off the bus dying to stretch our legs and to go sightseeing around the city, visiting the Church of San Pedro, the Sistine Chapel of the Americas, and to the shoreline of Lake Titicaca at the Puno harbour. ... There's quite a lively nightlife for a city of this size, due to the large numbers of tourists from all over the world mixing it up with the plethora of artists and musicians of Puno. ...

Apr 10, 2009 - Lake Titicaca

We had a day trip to Lake Titicaca to visit the people that lived on the lake. We had lunch there and enjoyed some local dancing and then caught the boat back to Puno. ...