According to Lonely Planet, Puno is Peru's hottest new tourist attraction. Presumably they based this on its access to the lake, as the town isn't much to write home about.
Narrow streets and water-filled pot holes dominate. Playing dodgems with the local drivers is fun until someone gets run over. Cusco was far nicer to stay in (at least the cordened touristy part we were in was).
It's cold here as well. I am wearing 3 layers. We are looking to see how much it costs to hire a boat and sail it on the harbour. A live baby Alpaca here is NZ 20 so hopefully sailing your own boat for a day is not much more.
Pic: the local super mercado - note the close proximity of meat and wild dogs (probably where our dinner last night came from).Read more
TravelerDespite your write ups, South America seems to be the"in" destination. I keep bumping into people who have just returned from there all with glowing stories. Today's return tourists were Noni and Jerry.
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PeruPunoPuno Estación de Ferrocarril15°50’16” S 70°1’33” W
Traveler Despite your write ups, South America seems to be the"in" destination. I keep bumping into people who have just returned from there all with glowing stories. Today's return tourists were Noni and Jerry.
Traveler Probably stayed in one of the gated communities.