Return to Puno

We walked back down the hill to our boat, marvelling at the elderly local ladies walking up the steep incline with really heavy loads on their backs!  We paused to buy bracelets from a blind man who was knitting something intricate on 6 small needles!  He was charging just 2 soles (about 40p) each for the bracelets!  Freddie told us that, traditionally, women weave and men knit.

Back on the boat, we headed for Puno, calling at the main island of Uros on the way to drop off a couple of people who were spending the night there.  You can rent a very basic cabin for about £25 per person, including breakfast. 

In Puno, we walked up to where the minibus was waiting for us, past lots of garish pedalos!  We were soon dropped off back at our hotel.  Mark went straight to the room as he was in a lot of pain.  I went in search of bread to have with our remaining cheese and something to drink.  The altitude was really affecting me, and we're going even higher tomorrow!!

Back at the hotel, there was a message from Nikki telling us about the online customs form we needed to fill in to get into Bolivia tomorrow.  We struggled to get a strong enough wifi signal, but we managed eventually.Read more