
Hello all, here is a little taste of the weekend trip that i and 3 other of my housemates here in Cusco went on. The first couple of pictures are on one of the world-famous floating islands in Lake Titicaca. They are made on top of floating reed beds and take up to 1 year to build! It was very bizarre to walk on, it felt like walking on a water bed. The other picture, directly below, is my attempt at weaving a reed boat like the locals do, apparently they thought it was pretty amusing because they let me take their picture with it lol. The final picture is on another island in the lake, it is not a floating island, and we stayed with a local family. Her name is Beatrice, and she dressed us all up like local islanders and took us into town for the local fiesta! It was unlike anything I had ever experienced before. I will post some pictures from the party later. The only downside to the trip was that the boat that we traveled on was super slooooooow, I thought to myself, they needed some new faeries like what they use at Mackinac Island! Everyone was commenting on how these lakes were like an ocean. I was like, you haven't seen anything until you have experienced the Great Lakes. The other passengers were like, "Are you from Canada?" I laughed and told them no, I just like to brag about my home state!
Chao,
~ Jon

