• Sacsayhuaman (pronounced 'sexy woman') near Cusco
  • How DID they carry & fit these rocks together?
  • "First Class" bus travel enroute from Cusco to Puno
  • 5 sec. later, we passed this truck full of laborers
  • 1st stop thru the was this place: an Inca temple
  • ... the tallest Inca structure known: typical stone + adobe brick
  • The Incas made amazing irrigation systems & terraces, still in use today
  • Next stop: Typical house, complete with guinea pigs running around on the kitchen floor
  • Feeding the household pets
  • Lunch stop for the tourons. Looks questionable, but tastes great!
  • Typical Kathy with animals & locals... here was the highest stop of the trip, at 14K ft
  • Just passing thru this town; yuckiest civilization in Peru
  • ... more of Juliaca
  • ... BUT they do sell most any kind of potato you could dream of
  • 1st glimpse of Puno & Lake Titicaca in the background
  • Cruising Lake Titicaca ... don't you just love the name??? This is Uros, a town of floating ree
  • Inside one of the homes (note the TV, but no electricity)
  • Kathy makes friends with another local, & so she gets to go on a boat ride
  • He really wants to keep her, so offers this dead bird as enticement
  • ... so even as Kathy would love to live on Lake Titicaca ...
  • ... off to more cruising & to the island of Taquile. Did I mention that Lake Titicaca is at 125
  • Taquile is a hilly island, 35 km from Puno. Incas used to be here too!
  • After a nice hike at 12,500 ft, Kathy feels energized & dances with the locals
  • Many old traditions still carry on, in addition to no vehicles or electricity
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