The trip to Puno was very agriducle (bittersweet). It was wonderful to see the southern most part of Peru and yet I knew that I would be heading home very soon once the trip was over.
On our way to Puno, we stopped in Arequipa again. This time around we were able to see more of Arequipa and say goodbye to a couple of the girls from our program. We took a tour of the Monasterio de Santa Catalina, and it is beautiful! I'm so glad we were able to fit that into our trip!
The weather was rainy and cold when we got to Puno. We took a tour out to the floating islands on the lake. Lake Titicaca is on the boarder between Peru and Bolivia. The tour guide shared with us that the titi (chest) is from Peru and the caca (poop) is from Bolivia. Everyone got quite a laugh from that. It was crazy to believe the Uros people lived on these islands made of reeds. They shared their homes, stories and songs with us. After visiting the Uros, we took reed boats to the island of Taquile. There we ate lunch and hiked around the island to see the lake from above, and also ran into a few other ladies from our program.
We stayed the night in Puno and then headed back to Arequipa to catch a flight back to Lima. Hard to believe that I fly home tomorrow. I'm excited to go home, but I'm also sad because I don't know when or if I'll ever be able to come back to this country that has shared so much with me over the last few months. I've grown quite a bit because of this trip and I am excited to see what it is store for my future.
see you soon los estados unidos,
aj
On our way to Puno, we stopped in Arequipa again. This time around we were able to see more of Arequipa and say goodbye to a couple of the girls from our program. We took a tour of the Monasterio de Santa Catalina, and it is beautiful! I'm so glad we were able to fit that into our trip!
The weather was rainy and cold when we got to Puno. We took a tour out to the floating islands on the lake. Lake Titicaca is on the boarder between Peru and Bolivia. The tour guide shared with us that the titi (chest) is from Peru and the caca (poop) is from Bolivia. Everyone got quite a laugh from that. It was crazy to believe the Uros people lived on these islands made of reeds. They shared their homes, stories and songs with us. After visiting the Uros, we took reed boats to the island of Taquile. There we ate lunch and hiked around the island to see the lake from above, and also ran into a few other ladies from our program.
We stayed the night in Puno and then headed back to Arequipa to catch a flight back to Lima. Hard to believe that I fly home tomorrow. I'm excited to go home, but I'm also sad because I don't know when or if I'll ever be able to come back to this country that has shared so much with me over the last few months. I've grown quite a bit because of this trip and I am excited to see what it is store for my future.
see you soon los estados unidos,
aj
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