Visiting the Peoples of Lake Titicaca (Peru)

After a stay of 2 days in Puno, we took the boat and visited the Uros. This people has been living on islands they make themselves with reed. They actually use reed for many things: boats, houses, furniture, and food (we tried it! Taste is not strong, but there's lots of great nutriments inside). Given that their tradition has been going on for several millenia, no doubt it's a healthy life. Their islands can be moved around at will, anchored, bound to other islands...

Then we moved on to Amantani Island. We were hosted by a family of Natives. They are very humble persons, very nice, and, believe me, hard-working. Photo show a typical meal. There's no electricity on the island, so we ate at the light of candles. That was a memorable dinner.

Next island we visited was Taquile. Though it's only a two-hour trip from Amantani, the culture is very different. The economy is based on cooperatives, which defines all the methods and processes of work, prices of handcraft articles, etc. Clothing tradition seems to be stricter here.