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- Oct 17, 2023, 10:00am
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 3,342 m
- PeruArequipaCoporaqueHupana15°38’58” S 71°40’6” W
On to Puno and Lake Titicaca
October 17, 2023 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
This morning, Tuesday, is the first morning that we haven’t had to get up promptly either to catch a flight or meet our guide. We are being collected by taxi at 12:15 and driven to the nearby town of Chivay where we will catch the bus to Puno, about a six hour journey.
We have then taken the opportunity to have a leisurely breakfast and enjoy the hot water pools in the hotel garden.
Since leaving Lima the weather has settled into a familiar pattern, warm in the morning with clear blue skies, then it clouds over mid afternoon with sometimes a few spots of rain and then cooler in the evening.
We have mentioned before the quality of the food and drink here but what we have not mentioned is the fact that the prices are a lot lower than the UK. For example the birthday meal for Jane in Arequipa at one of the better restaurants came to £60 for exceptional food and drink.
Laura, our guide yesterday, was commenting about tourism in Peru. Obviously they were affected by the pandemic but since then civil unrest in the country has put people off coming which is such a shame as it is a lovely country and well worth visiting.
A few more photos from yesterday and today.
It was an interesting journey to Puno. The taxi delivered us to where the bus was leaving from but it was deserted! The taxi driver made a call and assured us that all will be OK and suggested we went and had a sandwich which we did and on our return lo and behold people were starting to gather. We were on a 12 seater minibus plus driver and guide. We were the only English on board others being German, French and a number of Spanish speakers.
The route took us through the Andes initially on the route we had taken from Arequipa on Sunday. Soon though the scenery changed and became very desolate and quite grim. We would go through areas where there were buildings for a settlement which looked derelict and deserted but on closer inspection it was evident that people were living here. It was quite an eye opener. The journey was fine, we made three stops and arrived in Puno just before 7 where we were met and taken to our hotel in good time to watch the Peru v Argentina World Cup qualifier.Read more
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