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PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Guilherme - hope you have a great trip - safe, too!

You repainted the bike? Used to be grey, no?
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Jim wrote:
Guilherme - hope you have a great trip - safe, too!

You repainted the bike? Used to be grey, no?

Hi, Jim!
No, same color. Instagram issues! Razz
Wish have a UniGo like you to carry all Adriana' things...
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Damn, Brazilian woman are hot.....
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So, now I'm back and will post some pics of Argentina-Chile-Peru trip with my faithful K1100LT.

Day 1 we left São Paulo to Londrina.

The other guys of the expedition, in Londrina.

The K1100LT, still clean...

The Clearwater lights still in place...while traveling supporters broke and they went to the suitcase .
First day: 480km.
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Second day: Londrina to Foz do Iguaçu, city ​​border between Brazil and Argentina .


The tip of Remus exhaust turn loose and fell, and all the rest of the trip I heard the power of the brick in full levels...



In Foz do Iguaçu hotel.
509 km in the day.
Next day, Resistencia, Argentina.
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Day 3.
Foz do Iguaçu, BR, to Resistencia, AR.
Missiones region.

Crossing Paraná River, in General Belgrano bridge.

In front of Nyiat Hotel.


Central Square of Resistencia. 25 de Mayo Square.

The intrepids... 642 km in the day.
Next day, Chaco crossing.
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Day 4. Chaco Crossing.
Chaco derives from chacú, the Quechua word used to name a hunting territory or the hunting technique used by the people of the Inca Empire. Annually, large groups of up to 30 thousand hunters would enter the territory, forming columns and circling the prey. Jesuit missioner Pedro Lozano wrote in his book Chorographic Description of the Great Chaco Gualamba, edited in the Spanish Cordoba in 1733: "Its etymology indicates the multitude of nations that inhabit that region. When they go hunting, the Indians gather from many parts the vicuñas and guanacos; that crowd is called chacu in the Quechua language, which is common in Peru, and that Spaniards have corrupted into Chaco."


Resistencia do San Salvador de Jujuy, a 850 km straing line in one day.

The Province of Chaco (Spanish: provincia del Chaco, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃako]) is a province in northeastern Argentina. With an area of 99,633 km2 (38,469 sq mi) and a population of 1,055,259 as of 2010, it is the 12th most extensive and the 9th most populated of the 23 Argentine provinces. Chaco is bordered by Salta and Santiago del Estero to the west, Formosa to the north, Corrientes to the east, and Santa Fe to the south. The province also has an international border with the Paraguayan Department of Ñeembucú. The capital and largest city is Resistencia.

Chaco has long been among the provinces with the worst social indicators in the country. Among Argentine provinces, it ranks last by GDP per capita and 21st by Human Development Index, above its neighbors Formosa and Santiago del Estero.


A quick lunch in Monte Quemado, in Argentina.

Monte Quemado is a municipality and village in Santiago del Estero in Argentina. It is the capital city of the Copo Department, Province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, in the Chaco Austral region, practically in the El Impenetrable phytogeographic zone. It lies on the RN 16, a route that runs parallel to a branch of the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano (Railroad) and the aqueduct diverter from the Salado del Norte River called the Canal de Dios. Precisely in Monte Quemado it starts as a branch of the aqueduct, the branch that goes to the south is called the Virgen del Carmen Canal, which runs parallel to the provincial road RP 5 that connects Monte Quemado with Campo Gallo. Another land route which coincides with the RN 16 and Provincial Route 5 in Monte Quemado is the provincial route RP 4.


In San Salvador de Jujuy, we experienced a great Parrilada dinner, in La Mansion restaurant.
Parrilla means grill, and can also mean a steakhouse in South American countries. An Argentine parrilla can be anywhere from 5 ft to 20ft in length. You build a fire on the side of the Parrilla using natural wood, charcoal and/or mesquite. Once the wood and charcoal is smoldering it’s transferred to the Parrilla where it warms the Parrilla for short period of time and then a variety of meat is placed along the length of the Parrilla. This includes: several cuts of meat, sweet breads, sausages, and chicken. The meat is slowly grilled for anywhere from 45 minutes to a couple hours, the smell of the meat and grill is intoxicating. Slow grilling over an open fire results in meat that is mouth watering, tender and juicy.

After, a Dulce de Leche puddin.
Dulce de leche is a national treasure in Argentina!
Dulce de leche (pronounced: [ˈdulse ðe ˈletʃe]; Portuguese: doce de leite [ˈdosi dʒi ˈlejtʃi] or [ˈdosɨ dɨ ˈlejtɨ]) is a confection prepared by slowly heating sweetened milk to create a substance that derives its taste from the Maillard reaction, changing flavour and colour.[3] Literally translated, it means "candy [made] of milk" or "sweet [made] of milk." It is popular in Latin America and most of Latin Europe, notably in Argentina, México, Paraguay, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Portugal, Spain and France.


The San Salvador de Jujuy view form Altos de Las Vinas Hotel.
San Salvador de Jujuy (Spanish pronunciation: [san salβaˈðor ðe xuˈxui]), commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador,[1] is the capital city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. It lies near the southern end of the Humahuaca Canyon where wooded hills meet the lowlands.


The left Clearwater Light bracket broked.



The rear tire was gone, so I installed a new Anakee Michelin one in place.
Soon I descovered that new tires aren't a garantee for everytingh...
Total of the day: 840km.
Next day: Paso de Jama crossing, to Chile, up to 4200m in the Andes Mountains...
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Day 5.
We left San Salvador de Jujuy, went to Maimara to get some fuel, and started climbing the Paso de Jama crossing of the Andes Mountains.

The Paso de Jama is a mountain pass through the Andes between Chile and Argentina, at an elevation of 4,200 m (13,800 ft) at the border. It is the northernmost road border crossing between the two countries. The pass is reached via Chile Route 27 and via National Route 52 (Argentina). The Chile Route 27 reaches an altitude of 4,810 m (15,780 ft) 100 km west of the border.




Then, we stopped for a few photos on the side of the road.

The K11OG sticker photo.



Ruta 52. 4170m above sea level.


The Old Lady with a off road tire...




The white strip in the horizon is Salar Grande, a dry lake.




The K11LT in front of a big salt mountain.
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Salinas Grandes es la denominación de un salar limítrofe de las provincias argentinas de Salta y Jujuy, ubicado en la Puna de Atacama, en el noroeste Argentino.

Se extienden sobre un área de 212 km² en el departamento jujeño de Tumbaya y en el salteño de La Poma, encontrándose el centro del salar próximo a las coordenadas 23°38′S 66°05′O, a una altitud promedio de 3450 msnm. Pese a lo elevado de tal altitud, las Salinas Grandes de Jujuy son prácticamente el nivel de base de una cuenca endorreica que se continúa hacia el norte en la Laguna de Guayatayoc, laguna fuertemente salada y alcalínica. Por el sur y el este, estas salinas están separadas de la Quebrada de Humahuaca - Provincia de Jujuy por la sierra del Chañi - Provincia de Jujuy, mientras que por el norte y el oeste sus límites se hacen más difusos en el desierto de la Puna Salada. El origen de las Salinas Grandes de Jujuy y Salta data de un extenso periodo ubicado temporalmente entre 5 y 10 millones de años a. p. En tal extendido plazo la cuenca de este salar se cubrió de aguas con gran cantidad de sales provenientes de la actividad volcánica. La evaporación paulatina de tales aguas saladas continentales dio origen a este salar que posee una costra cuyo espesor promedio es de 30 cm.

THe K11LT getting some gas in the last fuel station of the Atacama. The fuel bomb had plenty od MC stickers.


Not a single person in the place.

Late at noght, in Paso de Jama, we got some cold wheather... 5°C negative.

The Licancabur Volcano, sleeping in this time...

Licancabur is a highly symmetrical stratovolcano on the southernmost part of the border between Chile and Bolivia. It is located just southwest of Laguna Verde in Bolivia. The volcano dominates the landscape of the Salar de Atacama area. The lower two thirds of the northeastern slope of the volcano belong to Bolivia, 5,400 m (17,717 ft) from the foot at 4,360 m (14,304 ft), while the rest and biggest part, including the higher third of the northeastern slope, the crater and summit, belong to Chile.

The summit and the crater are located entirely in Chile, slightly over 1 km (3,281 ft) to the southwest of the international borders. It is about 400 m (1,312 ft) wide and contains Licancabur Lake, a 70 m (230 ft) by 90 m (295 ft) crater lake which is ice-covered most of the year. This is one of the highest lakes in the world, and despite air temperatures which can drop to -30 °C, it harbors planktonic fauna.

Licancabur's most recent volcanic activity produced extensive lava flows which extend 6 km down the northwest and southwest flanks, with older lava flows reaching 15 km (9 mi) and pyroclastic flow deposits as far as 12 km (7 mi) from the peak. Archaeological evidence at the summit provides proof of pre-Columbian ascents and suggests the importance of crater lakes in Inca culture. This also supports the absence of major eruptions over the past 500–1,000 years.


Arriving at San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.


The sunset in Atacama desert.

Late in that night, a local plate, called Lomo a lo Pobre.
A juicy steak, whith onions, tomatoes, 2 eggs and a lot of french fries.

Next day, a day off in San Pedro de Atacama, to se the Vale de la Luna and de Salt Caves.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 6:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice trip.

Thanks for the pictures Guilherme
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Day 6 was a lazy day in San Pedro de Atacama, to do some rest and tourist activities.
San Pedro de Atacama is a Chilean town and commune in El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region. It is located east of Antofagasta, some 106 km (60 mi) southeast of Calama and the Chuquicamata copper mine, overlooking the Licancabur volcano. It features a significant archeological museum, the R. P. Gustavo Le Paige Archaeological Museum, with a large collection of relics and artifacts from the region. Native ruins nearby now attract increasing numbers of tourists interested in learning about pre-Columbian cultures.

The Kimal Hotel, build using the ancient Adobe tecnique.
Adobe (Listeni/əˈdoʊbi/, UK /əˈdoʊb/, Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðoβe], from Spanish: mud brick, from Arabic) is a building material made from earth and often organic material. Adobe buildings are similar to cob and rammed earth buildings. Adobe is among the earliest materials used throughout the world.

The Catedral is built the same way. The dry clay is ok, cause never rains here...



No bikes today, so a toast with the great Crystal Lager Beer!
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The traditional Parrilla, with great meat.

I went to a tour to see the the Atacama Desert.



Coyote stone.

Salt formations.

Salt caves.

Vale de la Luna.
El Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) is located 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert of Chile. It has various stone and sand formations which have been carved by wind and water. It has an impressive range of color and texture, looking somewhat similar to the surface of the moon. There are also dry lakes where the composition of salt makes a white covering layer of the area. It presents diverse saline outcrops which appear like man-made sculptures. There are also a great variety of caverns. Valle de la Luna is a part of the Reserva Nacional los Flamencos and was declared a Nature Sanctuary in 1982 for its great natural beauty and strange lunar landscape, from which its name is derived.[1] The valley is also considered one of the driest places on earth, as some areas have not received a single drop of rain in hundreds of years. A prototype for a Mars rover was tested there by scientists because of the valley's dry and forbidding terrains.


White= salt.
Next day, we went from San Pedro de Atacama to Tocopilla and then Iquique. That was when my new rear tide give me some problems...
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Guilherme - thanks for the pictures! Amazing scenery.

Waiting to find out about the new tire...
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Day 7.
In that day, we left San Pedro de Atacam, heading to Iquique, crossing Calama en Tocopilla.

40km after Calama, I felt my bike oscilating, and, to my surprise, the rear tire, brand new, had a big hole in the surface, and other hole in the right side, just near the rim, and the rim had a small hurt.
I must run over something very sharp.
I made a spaguetti repair in the surface hole, but the lateral hole wasn't susceptible to that kind of repair.
I pulled off the rim, and my friends went back to Calama to search for a local to make a repair with a hot patch.
I stayed 2 hours waiting for them.

Trying to make a in loco repair.

In the middle of nowhere... near Calama.
Calama is a city and commune in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It is the capital of El Loa Province, part of the Antofagasta Region. Calama is one of the driest cities in the world with average annual precipitation of just 5 mm (0.20 in). The River Loa, Chile's longest, flows through the city. Calama has a population of 147,886 (2012 census).

No restrooms in sight!

After the repair, we take the Ruta 1, from Tocopilla to Iquique.

One of the most beautifull roads that I ever rode! Reminds the HW 1, in Bug Sur.


Finally we ended in Iquique, a nice city in the north Chile.
Iquique (Spanish pronunciation: [iˈkike], ee-KEE-kay) is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal which is part of Atacama Desert. It had a population of 180,601 according to the 2012 census. It is also the main commune of the Greater Iquique. The city developed during the heyday of the saltpetre mining in Atacama Desert in the 19th century. Originally a Peruvian city with a large Chilean population it was ceded to Chile as result of War of the Pacific (1879–1883). Today it is one of only two free ports of Chile.

Total of the day: 482km.
Total of the trip so far: 3.494km.
Next day: Peru border, to Tacna, to meet Adriana.
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Day 8.
We left Iquique early in the morning, pointing north, aiming to cross de Peru border early too, because we never did that before, and didn't know how much burocracy we could find.

We rode miles and miles across the Atacama desert, and stopped here to getr some coffe and cold water. I filled the K11LT tank with gas that I bring ina a 1 gal plastic bottle. The Adventures don't need that... with 30 liters inside.

MC stickers all over the route.

A small shrine.


The Old Lady. How good and reliable this lovely bike is!

The Atacama desert.
The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a plateau in South America, covering a 1,000-kilometre (600 mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is the driest non-polar desert in the world. According to estimates the Atacama Desert proper occupies 105,000 square kilometres (41,000 sq mi),[5] or 128,000 square kilometres (49,000 sq mi) if the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included. Most of the desert is composed of stony terrain, salt lakes (salares), sand, and felsic lava that flows towards the Andes.
The Atacama Desert is commonly known as the driest non-polar place in the world, especially the surroundings of the abandoned Yungay town (in Antofagasta Region, Chile). The average rainfall is about 15 mm (0.6 in) per year, although some locations, such as Arica and Iquique, receive 1 to 3 mm (0.04 to 0.12 in) in a year. Moreover, some weather stations in the Atacama have never received rain. Periods of up to four years have been registered with no rainfall in the central sector, delimited by the cities of Antofagasta, Calama and Copiapó, in Chile. Evidence suggests that the Atacama may not have had any significant rainfall from 1570 to 1971.
The Atacama Desert may be the oldest desert on earth, and has experienced extreme hyperaridity for at least 3 million years, making it the oldest continuously arid region on earth.

Camarones Valley.

Arriving in Tacna, Peru, to find Adriana.
Tacna is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only 35 km (22 mi) north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland from the Pacific Ocean and in the valley of the Caplina River. It is Peru's tenth most populous city.

Initially called San Pedro de Tacna, it has gained a reputation for patriotism, with many monuments and streets named after heroes of Peru's struggle for independence (1821–1824) and the War of the Pacific (1879–1883). Residents of Tacna are known in Spanish as tacneños.


A view of Tacna.
Total of the day: 362km.
Total of the trip: 3.856km.
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An amazing trip. Awesome scenery, cool bikes, good friends, meat on the grill and cold beer. God I live a sheltered life.

Thanks so much for sharing the trip report.
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Day 9.
Early in the morning, we left Tacna to go to Puno, the city in the the Titicaca Lake border.
With Adriana and Edwirges joined the group, we had a good breakfest end packed all thing in the bikes and started the journey.


Adriana, ready to face some adventure...

The city of Tacna, with some geoglyphs in the mountains.
A geoglyph is a large design or motif (generally longer than 4 metres) produced on the ground and typically formed by clastic rocks or similarly durable elements of the landscape, such as stones, stone fragments, live trees,[1] gravel, or earth. A positive geoglyph is formed by the arrangement and alignment of materials on the ground in a manner akin to petroforms, while a negative geoglyph is formed by removing patinated clasts to expose unpatinated ground in a manner akin to petroglyphs.





17 years riding toghether.







Leaving Tacna.


Some 100km after, I felt the K11 oscilating badly in a turn, and stopped carefully. The rear tire lost the spaguetti hole repair.

So, I made a new repair, and was possible to continue the trip, to the next city, Moquegua.

Adriana, wainting the tire repair. The dark line in the sand was a solar energy plant.

Not a good place for a hole in the tire.


In Moquegua I found a good tire reais shop, and a "maestro" made a vulcanization, a hot tire repair. This took 2 hours....




After that, we left Moquegua and started a very narroy and curvy road to climb the peruvian Altiplano, 13500 feets high.














Higher and higher!



Our friend, Carlos Pelletti.


Adriana getting some oxygen..



The Altiplano.
The Altiplano is an area of inland drainage (endorheism) lying in the central Andes, occupying parts of northern Chile and Argentina, western Bolivia and southern Peru. Its height averages about 3,750 meters (12,300 feet),[1] slightly less than that of the Tibetan Plateau. Unlike conditions in Tibet, the Altiplano is dominated by massive active volcanoes of the Central Volcanic Zone to the west, such as Ampato (6288 m), Tutupaka (5,816 m), Parinacota (6348 m), Guallatiri (6071 m), Paruma (5,728 m), Uturunku (6,008 m) and Licancabur (5,916 m), and the Cordillera Real in the north east with Illampu (6,368 m), Huayna Potosí (6,088 m), Janq'u Uma (6,427 m) and Illimani (6,438 m).[2] The Atacama Desert, one of the driest areas on the planet, lies to the southwest of the Altiplano; to the east lies the humid Amazon rainforest.

The Altiplano is noted for hypoxic air caused by very high elevation.
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Because the time lost in Moquegua, que got bad cold weather late in the day, with temperatures under 0°C.

We arrived in Puno at 09:30 PM, with time to a Inca Kola!
Inca Kola (also known as "the Golden Kola" in international advertising) is a soft drink that was created in Peru in 1935 by British immigrant José Robinson Lindley using lemon verbena (verbena de Indias or cedrón in Spanish). The soda has an unusual sweet, fruity flavor that somewhat resembles its main ingredient, lemon verbena, locally known as hierba luisa. Americans compare its flavor to bubblegum or cream soda.[4] It has been described as "an acquired taste" whose "intense color alone is enough to drive away the uninitiated.

The Coca-Cola Company owns the Inca Kola trademark everywhere but in Peru. In Peru, the Inca Kola trademark is owned by Corporación Inca Kola Perú S.A., which since 1999[7] is a joint venture between the Coca-Cola Company and the Lindley family, former sole owners of Corporación Inca Kola Perú S.A. and Corporación José R. Lindley S.A.. Inca Kola is a source of national pride and patriotism in Peru, a national icon. Inca Kola is available in parts of South America, North America and Europe, and while it has not enjoyed major success outside of Peru, it can be found in Latin American specialty shops worldwide. Inca Kola is yellowish-gold in color, and is sold in glass and plastic bottles of various sizes and cans of the same color with an Inca motif.

And some good food, like the King Fish.

And Alpaca ribs!
An alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of South American camelid. It resembles a small llama in appearance.

There are two breeds of alpaca; the Suri alpaca and the Huacaya alpaca.

Alpacas are kept in herds that graze on the level heights of the Andes of southern Peru, northern Bolivia, Ecuador, and northern Chile at an altitude of 3,500 m (11,500 ft) to 5,000 m (16,000 ft) above sea level, throughout the year.[1] Alpacas are considerably smaller than llamas, and unlike llamas, they were not bred to be beasts of burden, but were bred specifically for their fiber. Alpaca fiber is used for making knitted and woven items, similar to wool. These items include blankets, sweaters, hats, gloves, scarves, a wide variety of textiles and ponchos in South America, and sweaters, socks, coats and bedding in other parts of the world. The fiber comes in more than 52 natural colors as classified in Peru, 12 as classified in Australia and 16 as classified in the United States.

In the textile industry, "alpaca" primarily refers to the hair of Peruvian alpacas, but more broadly it refers to a style of fabric originally made from alpaca hair, but now often made from similar fibers, such as mohair, Icelandic sheep wool, or even high-quality English wool.[citation needed] In trade, distinctions are made between alpacas and the several styles of mohair and luster.

An adult alpaca generally is between 81 and 99 cm in height at the withers. They usually weigh between 48 and 84 kg (106 and 185 lbs).
Total of the day: 422km.
Next day, meet the Uros in the Totoras floating islands in the morning and then travel to Cusco.
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Cool pics - thank for posting.

I've been to Peru/Bolivia and love it there.

Never considered doing it before but once I get moved/settled over the winter, I am starting to consider getting a dual sport and heading south....

We should hook up for a beer in Cusco....
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Flying Duck wrote:
Cool pics - thank for posting.

I've been to Peru/Bolivia and love it there.

Never considered doing it before but once I get moved/settled over the winter, I am starting to consider getting a dual sport and heading south....

We should hook up for a beer in Cusco....

Would be great, FD! Anytime!
Will be nice to nave a Cusquenha beer with you!
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Day 10.
We started the day early in the morning with a great brekfest and planned a visit to the Uros, a ancient tribe that lived on floating islands in the Titicaca lake for certuries.

Titicaca Lake in the morning.
Titicaca (in the hispanicized spelling) or Titiqaqa (Quechua) is a large, deep lake in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia. By volume of water, it is the largest lake in South America. Lake Maracaibo has a larger surface area, though some consider it to be a large brackish bay due to its direct connection with the sea.

It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world, with a surface elevation of 3,812 metres (12,507 ft). Although this refers to navigation by large boats, it is generally considered to mean commercial craft. For many years the largest vessel afloat on the lake was the 2,200-ton, 79-metre (259 ft) SS Ollanta. Today the largest vessel is probably the similarly sized, but broader, train barge/float Manco Capac, operated by PeruRail (berthed, as of 17 June 2013, at 15°50′11″S 70°00′53″W, across the pier from the Ollanta). At least two dozen bodies of water around the world are at higher elevations, but all are much smaller and shallower.



Puno in the backgroung.


Lhamas and Alpacas in the Libertador Hotel yard.


The small boat.

Sailing in the channels.

The Reed Floating Islands.
The Uros descend from a millennial town that, according to legends, are "pukinas" who speak Uro or Pukina and that believe they are the owners of the lake and water. Uros used to say that they have black blood because they did not feel the cold. Also they call themselves "Lupihaques" (Sons of The Sun). Nowadays, Uros do not speak the Uro language, nor practice their old beliefs but keep some old customs.

The purpose of the island settlements was originally defensive, and if a threat arose they could be moved. The largest island retains a watchtower almost entirely constructed of reeds.
The Uros traded with the Aymara tribe on the mainland, intermarrying with them and eventually abandoning the Uro language for that of the Aymara. About 500 years ago they lost their original language. When conquered by the Inca empire, they had to pay taxes to them, and often were made slaves.



A typical house, made of totoras, a kind of reed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uru_people



Me and a local "black blood" lady. The blood has so much hemoglobin to carry the poor oxygen in the air that the color is almost black!

Totora boats.

Me, Luciano and Carlos, with local cloathes.

Artesanal products.


Adriana loved the colors!


After the visit, Adriana ready for Cusco.






Leaving Puno.


In Urubamba River Valley, near Cusco. Beautiful Mountains!

Lomo Salteado.

Aji de gallina.
Tomoror: A van trip to Ollantaitambo, and them by train to Aguas Calientes, portal of Machu Picchu!
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