Puno and 2 day Island tour

Another uneventful (how nice!) bus trip took us into Peru and Puno... that's our 6th country on this trip!

Puno isn't quite as nice as Copacabana but was pleasant enough none the less. Being a little lazy we simply booked a 2 day tour of the floating islands, Isla Amantani and Isla Tanquile rather than try and bargain for ferry tickets, the homestay on the island etc ourselves. Seemed to work out reasonably well though judging by some of the other travellers we chatted to. The floating reed islands were interesting to see and I can't imagine you'd find anything similar anywhere else in the world. The other two islands were similar to Isla del Sol (terraces, inca ruins and inca paths) so nice places to visit for a few hours. We stayed on Isla Amantani with a local family and got to walk up Pachamama and Pachatata (yep, we did them both.... not like those other lazybones in the group :-P) to see the sunset. Next morning the boat took us to Isla Taquile where we had a demonstation of the ladies weaving and men knitting hats (are you jealous, Jem?)