Lake Titicaca

Who knew that people were living on floating islands made of reeds?! Well, there are on Lake Titicaca. I took a tour of the world´s highest navigatable lake at over 3000meters. On this lake, there are the Uros islands which are home to numerous families. A bus brought me out to one island where the group was greeted by 5 women wearing bright bright neon colored dresses. I guess they are in style since neon is back! haha We watched a ´performance´ explaining how they build the islands, how they trade food and do not use money - they trade goods for goods (however, when it was over, we were expected to buy their handcrafts with money....strange huh?!) I had a 3 course meal with Alpaca salad, alpaca steak and ice cream...mmmmm...alpaca. Tastes just like beef. The boat took us to another floating island of reeds where there was a convenient store. Got back to Puno, the port town, to catch my 5 hour bus ride to Arequipa.
Ventured around Arequipa (Peru´s 2nd largest city with approximately 700 000 people) and had a nap in the afternoon. Met up with 2 czech guys, Mira and George, at the front desk when inquiring about a tour to Colca Canyon. We grabbed a bite to eat...I had 3 filets of meat...Alpaca, Ostrich and Beef with a decent glass of wine! Good combo!!! Think I might go for that again tomorrow night.
Early night tonight and hopefully a full day of nothing tomorrow.