11th July 2013 - woke up early thanks to the natural light and animals got dressed. We then went down and enjoyed a pancake for breakfast and some mint tea. The tea is made using a local mint plant that has a slightly lemon mint flavor almost. It is really delicious tea. We then walked back down to the the small dock and said goodbye to our host family. It was a short hour on the boat sailing to Taquile island. We walked a short distance uphill to the main town s...

9th July 2013 - we left the hotel in cusco at 715am and drove to the local bus terminal where we caught the bus at just after 8am to Puno. It is nice modern double decker bus but didn't play any movies. We drove for just over 3 .5 hours passing by lots of farming country and small poor rural communities. We arrive at Feliz Viaje a pass between the providence of cusco and puno. The bus stopped here and we are at an altitude of 4300 m above sea level. You can feel ...