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27 February 2013

27 Feb

Today was a well deserved rest day. We slept in a little, had breakfast and went out to explore Puno.

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The local church in Puno over looking the Plaza.

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Ladies in traditional Peruvian dress..

In addition to the above, we took a boat out to Uros Island, one of the famous floating islands that are inhabited on lake Titicaca. The lake, at an altitude of 3812m is considered the highest navigable lake by commercial crafts in the world and has some 42 man made islands on it that are inhabited by about 2000 people.

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Uros floating island. The one we visited had 6 families and consisted of 22 people. They make their money from fishing and tourism.

The visit was very interesting but I stupidly didn’t have any face cream on and promptly got burnt like a tomato!

After the visit, Jax and I had lunch at a small local restaurant inhabited by locals and fishermen which was very cool and the rest of the day was spent relaxing.

Tomorrow we head for Cusco.

 
Be a sport Many of us have the means and wherewithal to undertake the dreams we want but elect to choose otherwise, many however, do not and that is the purpose of this plea. Afrika Tikkun (http://afrikatikkun.org// ) is a South African non governmental, non profit charity organisation run by the Lubner family that in essence does just that; re-provide the possibility to dream and to create the possibility of turning those dreams into a reality.

Unlike many pleas of this nature, I am not looking for any kind of sponsorship for my trip, but I am looking for your donation, regardless of its size to Afrika Tikkun. Please pledge generously as this is a fantastic cause that will assist them to provide food, care, education, health and social services to those that are desperately in need.
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  1. Jane Barron

    March 1, 2013 at 11:36 am

    Hi Rui

    It looks amazing!
    Very lucky to experience it all so close, with the wind in your hair!
    I love keeping track of your adventure.
    Ride safe!
    Love Jane.