The floating islands
We also visited the Uros islands, the only floating islands in the world made entirely from reeds. Every 2 or 3 months a new layer is added to the top as the bottom layers rot away. It was great to walk (and jump) on these islands - the soft spongy movements caused a ripple effect over the island.
We caught the bus to Arequipa, the 2nd largest city in Peru. The 5-6 hours ride became 7 hours as the bus ran out of petrol some 1.5hours from our destination. Today (4 June 2006) is a resting day for us and presidential election day for the rest of Peru.
Culture shocks: all shops/buildings, no matter how small, must have a big green sign pointing to the exit; a loaf of bread is 1.5 times longer than what we are used to.
We caught the bus to Arequipa, the 2nd largest city in Peru. The 5-6 hours ride became 7 hours as the bus ran out of petrol some 1.5hours from our destination. Today (4 June 2006) is a resting day for us and presidential election day for the rest of Peru.
Culture shocks: all shops/buildings, no matter how small, must have a big green sign pointing to the exit; a loaf of bread is 1.5 times longer than what we are used to.
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