{"id":19,"date":"2012-01-25T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lunaemami.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2015-04-17T10:42:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T10:42:37","slug":"isla-cantuta-lake-titicaca-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lunaemami.com\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"Isla Cantuta, Lake Titicaca, Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Luna,<\/p>\n<p>We are now in a city named Puno, about 3,830 meters above sea level, near the Peru-Bolivia border. That means we&#8217;re very, very high up in a mountainous region, baby doll. Where the weather is chilly, and the air is thin. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier we went to Lake Titicaca, the main reason why we&#8217;re visiting here. We took a boat from the lake&#8217;s shore to one of the artificial islands floating in the water. Our tour group was assigned to Isla Cantuta, led by a woman named Maria. <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nomadwifey\/15006594669\" title=\"luna1 by Gay Miriel Emami, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"luna1\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lunaemami.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/15006594669_9f43199b23_o.jpg?resize=525%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/center><center>You kinda liked chewing on reed.<\/center><br \/><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nomadwifey\/15007266599\" title=\"luna2 by Gay Miriel Emami, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"luna2\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lunaemami.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/15007266599_c2922d8350_o.jpg?resize=525%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/center><center>That boat we rode on to get to the islands.<\/center><center>&nbsp;<\/center><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">You made the Uros (that&#8217;s what the people who live here are called) smile the moment you stepped on the island!<\/div>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nomadwifey\/15007802500\" title=\"luna3 by Gay Miriel Emami, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"luna3\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lunaemami.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/15007802500_583811dd4a_o.jpg?resize=525%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/center><center>Oh how they loved you!<\/center><br \/><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nomadwifey\/15191506221\" title=\"luna4 by Gay Miriel Emami, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"luna4\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lunaemami.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/15191506221_e19446c6be_o.jpg?resize=525%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">And how you loved this tot!&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The guide ushered the whole group to sit in a semi-circle. Stalks of reed were passed around for us to snack on. You kinda liked chewing it! Reed is actually the material used in building the floating islands. Maria and the guide showed us how an island is constructed. And while we all listened to that, you played with the kids who live on the island.<\/div>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nomadwifey\/15008150017\" title=\"luna5 by Gay Miriel Emami, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"luna5\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lunaemami.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/15008150017_dce3c4bb52_o.jpg?resize=525%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/center><center>You just crawled in there like you&#8217;re part of the family.<\/center><br \/><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nomadwifey\/15194794715\" title=\"luna6 by Gay Miriel Emami, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"luna6\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lunaemami.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/15194794715_323dffd9e8_o.jpg?resize=525%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"525\" \/><\/a><\/center><center>You and mummy were the last off the island.<\/center><center>&nbsp;<\/center><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">All of us had a fun time! And although it was cloudy the whole morning, it did not rain until we got back to our hostel.<\/p>\n<p>Love,<br \/>Mum with altitude sickness<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\" name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\">Share<\/a><a data-via=\"nomadwifey\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a> <br \/> <!-- Start FastWebCounter.com  --><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastwebcounter.com\/\" title=\"Free Web Counter\">This page was viewed  times.<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- End FastWebCounter.com  --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Luna, We are now in a city named Puno, about 3,830 meters above sea level, near the Peru-Bolivia border. That means we&#8217;re very, very high up in a mountainous region, baby doll. Where the weather is chilly, and the air is thin. 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