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Puno (8 April)
We got an early morning bus to Puno, on the Bolivian border, early the next morning, arriving mid-afternoon. We were staying at a suppoosed 3* hotel because no hostels had availability. It was a strangle place where we were the only guests, and you had to specifically request hot water and electricity. It all kicked off when we were checking out because the staff didn´t speak much english and couldn´t work the card machine, trying to charge schills 3 times. On the plus side we did have a pretty lush room with cable tv. Puno didn´t have much going on so we just spent our evenings there watching House, movies and getting pizzas delivered to our room, it was pretty dece!
Puno is on the shore of Lake Titicaca which is the highest navigable lake in the world. We went on a boat trip to a couple of islands on the lake, one of which was a manmade floating island, and although inhabited it was pretty much a floating souvenir stall. It was a pretty dull daytrip but didn´t cost much and was something to do. The one meal we did eat out in Puno I decided to try a local delicacy - Guinea Pig. It came whole on the plate (head included) and reminded me of rabbit, in taste and in that it was quite fiddly to eat off the bone. I wouldn´t have it again but it was something I wanted to try - when in rome and all that.
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