We were woken early by the sunrise at our homestay. The sun rises around 5.30 here... Andy was quite suprised to find Andrea wrapped up in 6 blankets in the bed opposite.After a quick wash outside with the warm water and soap provided for us, we were invited back into the kitchen for homemade pancakes with jam for breakfast. We bought the colourful hats that we´d been given to wear the previous night and said goodbye.We left Armantani island on our boat (lu...

We took it in turns to suffer altitude sickness headaches during the night; not much fun  The morning started with a tricycle taxi ride to the port; lots of fun if a little scary (a bit more spare between other road users next time please!).Took a leisurely boat ride out to Taquile Island in Lake Titicaca. Very interesting place, especially seeing the people wearing their traditional clothing. The people are primarily farmers, but yhey are very good knitters...

3:30am wake up; left at 4am to catch the flight to Juliaca. Great view of the Andes on the flight and the snow capped mountains. At Juliaca there was a band playing whilst we waited for our luggage - should be mandatory in all airports! An hour's bus ride took us to Puno on the shores of Lake Titicaca, 3800 meters above sea level (as a comparison, Snowdon is 1085 meters high). We both started suffering from altitude sickness, especially as our room was o...