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Puno and Lake Titicaca (Peru): visit of the floating islands Uros & Taquile
This is the second time we visit Lake Titicaca (see our article on the Bolivian side here), but this time we are interested in its Peruvian side. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Route Cusco – Puno The day before we bought bus tickets to Puno in a travel agency. This one told us that the tickets would be given to us at 7pm. We had to wait until 8 pm and threatened to cancel our reservation so that they would be delivered to us at 8 pm. Surprise: the bus does not leave at 10:30 pm as we had been told, but at…
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Vinicunca (Peru): Discovering Rainbow Mountain
After Machu Picchu, the discovery of the Rainbow Mountain is the excursion the most put forward by the travel agencies in Cusco The “rainbow mountains” or “montagne arc en ciel” or “montañas de colores” are spectacular mountains that seem to be covered with paintings of 7 different colors. This work is 100% natural and has been made over the millennia. The red results from iron oxide, the green from copper sulfate, the yellow from sulfur, .. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary The tour is fairly standardized regardless of the agency chosen and includes The pickup at your hotel at 3am Transport to Vinicunca…