Peru Travel Adventure: Lake Titicaca | Budget Adventure Travel
1. Cutting the straw bales in square shapes
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- Panoramic view of Puno City
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- Royal Inn Hotel
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- Royal Inn Hotel
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- Royal Inn Hotel
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- In downtown Puno (market area)
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- Traditional Peruvian earthen clay stove for delicious pizza
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- The tranquil waters of Lake Titicaca
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- A Peruvian feast
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- Cathedral in downtown Puno (Catedral BasÃlica San Carlos Borromeo)
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- Traditional dragon boats of the Aymaras of Lake Titicaca
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- Eating the straw that is used to form the floating island I am sitting on.
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- 1. Cutting the straw bales in square shapes
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- 2. Wooden piles are inserted in the square bales and tied together by rope to prevent them from floating away.
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- 3. Adding in layers of straw for top bedding
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- 4. A replica house perched on top to show cross-sectional view of the real floating island
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- The stick is used to measure the vertical depth of the island which faces erosion over time. New layers have to be added on when depth reaches too low.
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- A miniature replica floating island
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- Weaving demonstration
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- Community marketplace demonstration
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- Living quarters on the Island
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- Traditional dragon boats of the Aymaras of Lake Titicaca
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- Royal Inn Hotel
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- Royal Inn Hotel
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- A gift exchange with member of Aymara community on floating island of Uros on Lake Titicaca
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- YouTube clip Calgary Stampede on Lake Titicaca Peru
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- YouTube Clip Canadian Salmon introduced in Lake Titicaca, Peru via Chile
