I'm going to skip a day and go straight to our tour of the floating islands in Lake Titicaca. It was an absolutely wonderful day, I think the best one of the whole trip.
So many photos, I once again put a video on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r91cQ_I6yO4
The island we visited lives on what they can hunt (fowl, usually) and fish - and what they make from the tourists. There ARE islands who don't allow tourists. The man gives a demonstration of calling for game birds.
The ladies with the 'tassels' on their braids - the colourful ones mean she is single and looking for a husband - the black ones mean she is married - and a child gets a crochet hat.
There are photos of how they build one of these islands. They are about 3 metres thick, and are attached with strong ropes to the bottom. The lady with the saw shows us what happens when people fight between themselves - just cut off your part of the island and go somewhere else.
The round hut is a kitchen. Stoves/fires are set on large flat rocks.
Our ride in the reed boat was nice and calm and peaceful ... rowed by two men - who would pull out their cell phones when we were still somewhere!
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