Kiwi Disa and Paul on the beers. Disa was travelling solo around South America, really nice company and useful as she seemed to know the city a little better than us. She introduced us to 'CHURROS', similar to doughnuts just not round! 2 soles a bag. Cowabunga!!

A twenty minute boat ride and we were back to mainland and the cities celebrations were in full swing! We walked the short walk from the harbour up to the main square and we stumbled across a fantastic street parade, which went on and on and on! Stood there with Disa a Kiwi girl we had met on the tour we were knee bending and clapping along with trying to snap as many photos as possible, they were all wearing the most amazing colourful costumes. With trumpet a...

Families are friendly, always smiling and often joking, it all seems very genuine too, they are genuinely happy to have a visit. Tourists come and go, filling a hectic morning for the islanders, giving them a chance to sell some reed souvenirs or intricate weavings, of which are absolutely stunning. They sell the most amazing handmade bright and colourful pieces, table runners, material wall hangings. These will take them months to finish by hand and are relat...

Everything is a work in progress, with the piles of reeds left drying, other being sorted and selected and others being used to mend holes in walls and roofs - and of course the floor. 'Kamisaraki!' "Wa-lee-kee!' The Uros greeting from the families 'Kamisaraki' A welcome and how are you? then we respond with 'Wo-lee-kee!!' which means, something along the lines of, 'very good thank you'. Our fantastic guide said this was important when arriving to their is...

So, we have had to go a bit off route due to time and also trying to work things around our Inca Trail booking. Travelling all the way to Puno (very close to the Bolivian boarder) to travel back to Cusco for the Inca Trail and then back this way again. Not being able to get the Inca dates we wanted has been a bit of a pain but we have made things work, couldn't miss out Punos Lake Titicaca. We travelled 12 hours on a bus to Arequipa and then from there a furth...