Puno Travel Blogs

 At 8 o'clock Bolivian time (it was 7 in Peru) I arrived at my destination in Puno. It had taken me 14 hours to travel the distance that is usually covered by a 6-hour bus journey. It had cost me a small fortune - in fact, I had spent more than 20 times the amount of a normal bus fee. But I ha…

Lake Titicaca - Nov 2007

Another early start. We had to drive back part of the way we came two days before. So we passed again the highest point at “Mirador de los Andes”. Next stop was at a lake were we saw plenty of flamingo’s. Unfortunately too far away to take good pictures. It was beautiful when they flew up, …

a city in southeastern Peru , located on the shore of Lake Titicaca , the world's highest navigable lake, at 3,860 m (12,421 ft) above sea level

When I wake up, having slept for eight hour non-stop, it feels like it has been only one. Most likely, this is how a hang-over feels like (being a non-alcoholicer, I don't have any experiences with hang-overs, but I can quite imagine this could how that should be). Still, I come off easily, with sl…

Briefly said. The best trip you can imagine. Great culture, fantastic nice people and an outstanding nature. Really worth every penny.

This was the most memorable day of the entire summer. This blog doesn't do the day justice because it was 2 years ago. Also I'm a terrible writer. First I want to talk about our "breakfast crew": Myself; my roomate Blake; our friend Melissa; Vince, from NY who was living in Chile, a swiss guy …

Our bus just left Cuzco behind us when we made the first stop. Couple of minutes later the bus stopped again. Actually we didn’t drive for more then some 20-30 minutes until the next stop. Travelling this way it would take us ages to reach Puno. Obviously we were not the only ones who were unhapp…

Cuzco - Puno - Copacabana The next day we travel overland to Puno, a city that is on the side of the Lake Titicaca, after a journey of about four hours we arrived at Puno, where we stayed at the "Hotel Imperial", which is located at one block from the train station, a hotel advisable to stay in thi…

I got a day bus from Arequipa to Puno. I called a taxi from my Posada and the taxi driver showed me around town, talked a lot in Spanish, boy I would like to speak it better and stopped over at 7.30 am to tank some petrol. I was glad to be early because it was rush hour. It was quite busy…

After relaxing in Cusco, we took an eleven hour bus down to Puno which is the large, industrial city sitting on the shores of Lago Titicaca.  This was a “tourist” bus which was quite comfy and included a guide, a stout little woman who’s English was somewhat questionable.  Along the…

There are all sorts of things to see on the way from Cusco to Puno, ruins, nature, but we headed straight over the barren altiplano to Puno. I was happy and thrilled to travel again after spending such a long time in Cusco. It was almost as if the trip started over again.   Puno itse…

at the moment i live in Lima peru with my husband. i visitted arequipa, desaguadero, bolivia, puno, machu picchu. i had so much trouble there. but all in all it was a nice trip and i experienced things i have never done =)

So our time in Peru is almost at its end with Puno, the last town to be visited here. And what a pleasure it was. The city itself was not too big, not too small, a cute place that is located just nearby the infamous Lake Titikaka. What makes this lake so special, you may ask? Well, it´s the highes…

Breakfast was a type of fried home made bread (sort of like vetkoek for the South Africans) which we had with jam and mate.   The previous night, at the fiesta, we had found out from one of the poms that they had been told that they should bring a gift for the family of some fruit, veg or c…