Peru 2
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Date: 01/27/10
Owner: marko
Size: 108 items
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Lake Titicaca
At 3856 meters above the sea, Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world.
Date: 09/06/09
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We left behind the city of Puno...
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...and headed into the lake...
Date: 09/06/09
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Uros islands
...to visit the bizarrely unique floating islands of Uros tribe.
Date: 09/06/09
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Uros are a pre-Incan people. Today only a few hundred still live on the islands
Date: 09/06/09
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The purpose of the islands was originally defensive. If under a threat, they could be moved.
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The islands are made of totora reeds, which grow in the lake.
Date: 09/06/09
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Date: 09/06/09
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Like islands and everything on them, boats are also made from reeds.
Date: 09/06/09
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