So we took the tourist bus...interpretation, stops to see sights...from Chivay to Puno and Lake Titicaca. Only there aren't many sights, and the weather was pretty inclement much of the way. At 12,500 feet, Puno is the highest we'd be sleeping, but we were pleased to be in a really nice hotel, with heat.
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| The morning of our departure we could see the mountains quite well |
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| Including Ampato, now clad in snow, and Sabancayo, still smoking ominously |
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| Ominously; at least blowing the other direction today |
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| Leaving Chivay |
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| Higher up, snow |
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| Wintry mix |
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| Last sight of Chivay and Colca Valley |
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No one wanted to stop at the mirador or look at the cairns at
15,000 feet |
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Now we are on the altiplano...really, really high plains of the
mid-Andes |
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| No lack of truck traffic |
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| Flamingo at 14,000 feet |
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| Assorted camelids |
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| Baby camelid |
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Passing through Juliaca, which wins the prize for ugliest city
(300,000) in Peru |
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| At least they have handsome fiberglass shell tuk-tuks for taxis |
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We were just glad to get to our room at the Hacienda Puno, although the next
day's tour operator had left a message for us to be ready for pick-up at 7AM |
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