Our taxi arrived at the hotel promptly at 6.45am as requested, we were not quite so prompt though. We had to rush our breakfast and finish the last of our packing as the driver patiently waited. We still made it to the bus terminal on time and the Titicaca counter to check in 30 minutes before departure. We had booked our tickets, and reserved particular seats, nearly a week ago, but the counter guy says our seats are occupied so we need to have 2 seats at the ...

We had decided to to take a half day tour to the Uros Islands instead of a full day tour of Lake Titicaca. The primary reason was the later pick up time and being able to have a leisurely breakfast. We were picked up just before 9am and taken by taxi to the harbour. Our guide for the morning, Erwin, was local to the area and spoke good Spanish and English as well as being a native speaker of Aymara, the language spoken on Uros Islands. He had perhaps been doing...

After a rushed breakfast, we asked reception to call us a taxi to take us to the bus station. Admittedly, we were running a bit late and when they said it would take 10 minutes for the taxi, we decided to take our chances on the street. Fortunately, we managed to get a 'taxi' on the street within minutes and we were hot-tailing through the back streets to the bus station. At the bus station we joined the queue at the San Luis booth to check-in. A lady came up, ...

It felt like we had hardly slept a wink when the alarm went at 4:15am. Breakfast was already being served on the top floor of the building. It probably had awesome views during the day but it was still dark outside. For a few minutes a glowing full moon popped out from behind the clouds lighting up the sky and siloueting the steep sided mountains either side. We ate our breakfast of eggs and bread rolls quickly so we could check out and join the queue for the b...