Four bus rides and a ferry have taken me to Puno on the banks of Lake Titicaca and in doing so I´ve crossed the border into Peru. The trip was highly entertaining due to numerous transport failures but the scenery spectacular. The hotel Casona Plaza scores a maximum 5 and for the first time in 3 weeks its possible to take a bath. A long soak is well needed today because after yesterdays excursions on the bike my leg is very sore. Serves me right but then as someone once said ... "no pain, no gain" !!
The town itself is OK but full of shops waiting to tempt tourists from their money. There is also an army of little old ladies waiting to do the same. Having run the gauntlet I found a very nice restaurant and had fillet steak in a very nice red wine sauce. Just as well cos tomorrow I´m heading off to stay with a Quechua Indian family on the Isla Armantani.
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