Lake Titicaca

I dont have much time but I do want to quickly talk about Lake Titicaca. But first off I finally ate the national dish of Cui, i.e. guinee pig. With the head and all so we know it' s not a cat. Yum.

Anyway, the lake is beautiful. It kind of reminds me of Georgian Bay or Lake Huron. I went to a traditional island where the people survived the colonial era and still lives without any modern technology and still use theior native language. I stayed there with a local family, just me and my friend Stine. Very interesting and lots of fun. We were dressed up in their traditional atire for the fiesta in the evening and danced the traditional dance the pictures speak for itself.

Today we went to the floating islands. I was sceptical too that they were actually floating, but these towns of hundreds of people live on land built ontop of reeds, above about 20 metres of water. It was so neat, I felt like every step I took I would fall through. Every thing there was built from the reeds, including boats, huts, and even the food.

See the pictures at http://uwo.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2084724&l=8ccf0&id=58000349

Thats all for now, my next entry will come from Bolivia!