June 28, 2014:
Saturday, market day:
From June 30, 2014

These moto-tricycles are the main taxis in most villages:
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These two came running out of their produce stand all excited asking me to take their photo. Once I showed it to them on the camera the both demanded money from me. They went from cute to scammers very quickly:
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From June 30, 2014

Most of the people, especially the women don't appreciate having their picture taken so I had to be as quick about it as I could:
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Plaza de Armas, city center. Every village & city in Peru I've visited names the center, Plaza de Armas:
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Took a boat trip out to the floating islands where the Uros people have lived for centuries. Visiting the islands was on the "Bucket List". When I was young I watched an episode of "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" The Legend of Lake Titicaca, where him and his crew dove the lake and visited these islands. It's been on the list a long time.
The Uros supposedly started living in this manner centuries ago in order to isolate themselves from the aggressive Collas and Incas. There are 85 floating islands with four to six families on each. Tourism is their sole source of income and really existence now. It was still really interesting, they pretty much live the same way.
Meaning of Titicaca, Titi - Puma and caca - grey or stone.

They build this type of boat for the tourists. I heard a couple locals call them, Mercedes Benz:
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Typical island:
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Every island has a small tower on it that is used for commenting, either yelling and having it passed on or waving something. Not sure how much they use this system though, despite trying to keep them discrete, I saw cell phones.
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The islands are anchored so as to keep from drifting off however they do sometimes move the island depending on water depth. Each week the inhabitants need to add more reeds as the lower layer decays:
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A traditional style boat that many islanders still use.
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A few of the islands have wooden structures on them.
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The Yavari, the ship was built in England and then shipped in 2,766 pieces to Lake Titicaca for the Peruvian Navy. It was hauled over the Andes by mule, taking six years, and then reassembled and launched in 1870. It's now a museum.
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