At last, I´ve caught up! And it will be a brief post about today as we spent most of in on a bus - seven hours in fact. But the buses are really comfortable, there is a place to put your legs and the seats go back really far. I even slept for a while. The scenery was lovely. Kind of like the drive through that station in the middle of the South Island only greener.
We got up to 4338metres before coming down to Puno at about 3900 metres. Puno is on the edge of Lake Titicaca.
We went through quite a few villages and towns along the way. It´s like going back hundreds of years. The buildings are made of brown clay bricks and have thatched roofs. There are shepherds along the sides of the road grazing their sheep on the grass verge. And the occasional run away donkey. Most of the women are in traditional dress. But our guide on the Inca trail told us that the government has passed a law that the people in some villages have to wear traditional dress so it may be for that reason.
We haven´t really seen much of Puno yet. We went out for a late lunch/early dinner and I had a traditional lamb dish which I can´t remember the name of but it was quite nice. But I think I prefer lamb from home. It came with baked potatoes (papa al horno) which given Peru´s large number of potato varieties isn´t surprising. They were really nice when mixed in with the lamb sauce (but otherwise too dry).
We´ve out to check out the town shortly so maybe will see some more.
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It's difficult to get a feel for the distances by looking at the map. The trip from Cusco to Puno looks a reasonable distance but not 7 hours worth. I wonder what people would do if our government told us we had to wear traditional dress? I think we'd laugh them out of office. I see you are on the lake next. That will be different for sure. Looking forward to next installment. Love M & M
ReplyDeleteHi N - John was asking about your travels is it OK if I give him this link, or not? I x
ReplyDeletehey Nina, loving keeping in touch via the blog. I'm just worried that you are spending too much time blogging and not enough enjoying south america. But keep them coming... Some of my family asked for your link so that can also see what you and debs are up to. I hope that's cool... love Cath
ReplyDeletewhoops, I never thought to ask you but I posted your blog on facebook cause a few of my friends were keen to look too (most have been to south america and wanted to reminisce I think) We are all living vicariously through your blog. I know how fast you think and type and so won't be taking you long to keep your blog updated - remember europe, you always finished emails ages before me and got frustrated having to wait! :-)
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad "Duchess' Daughter" I gave it to lots of people, but had to ask about John, cos that's Nina's boss!!!! :)
ReplyDeletehey geezer, just catching up with your doings after coming out from a dept review (which went well). sounds awesome!! especially the food, and of that, especially the chocolate :-) I wanna do that tramp now!
ReplyDeleteHope the review went well Janet (and Raewyn got back in time for it!)
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